Reconciling Bergmann's rule throughout the annual cycle in two congeneric large-bodied migratory waterbirds

Reconciling Bergmann's rule throughout the annual cycle in two congeneric large-bodied migratory waterbirds

Bergmann's rule predicts that the larger of two homeotherm species differing only in size would occur at higher latitudes, or in cooler climates than the smaller, because of relative thermoregulatory costs in relation to body mass/surface area ratio. Individual tracking data from two congeneric...

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Main Authors: Dehai Gu, Yanbo Xie, Tetsuo Shimada, Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Diana Solovyeva, Inga Bysykatova-Harmey, Yanlei Liu, Junjian Zhang, Qingshan Zhao, Lei Cao, Anthony D. Fox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2025-09-01
Series:Avian Research
Subjects:
Bergmann's rule
Breeding latitude
Migratory swans
Snow-free period
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716625000428
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