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DOI	10.1038/s41559-021-01426-y
	The island rule explains consistent patterns of body size evolution in terrestrial vertebrates
	Benítez-López A.; Santini L.; Gallego-Zamorano J.; Milá B.; Walkden P.; Huijbregts M.A.J.; Tobias J.A.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	2397-334X
起始页码	768
结束页码	786
卷号	5 期号:6
英文摘要	Island faunas can be characterized by gigantism in small animals and dwarfism in large animals, but the extent to which this so-called ‘island rule’ provides a general explanation for evolutionary trajectories on islands remains contentious. Here we use a phylogenetic meta-analysis to assess patterns and drivers of body size evolution across a global sample of paired island–mainland populations of terrestrial vertebrates. We show that ‘island rule’ effects are widespread in mammals, birds and reptiles, but less evident in amphibians, which mostly tend towards gigantism. We also found that the magnitude of insular dwarfism and gigantism is mediated by climate as well as island size and isolation, with more pronounced effects in smaller, more remote islands for mammals and reptiles. We conclude that the island rule is pervasive across vertebrates, but that the implications for body size evolution are nuanced and depend on an array of context-dependent ecological pressures and environmental conditions. ? 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	animal; bird; body size; evolution; mammal; meta analysis; phylogeny; Animals; Biological Evolution; Birds; Body Size; Mammals; Phylogeny
来源期刊	Nature Ecology & Evolution
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256939
作者单位	Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Do?ana, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain; Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (CNR-IRET), National Research Council, Monterotondo (Rome), Italy; Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain; Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Benítez-López A.,Santini L.,Gallego-Zamorano J.,et al. The island rule explains consistent patterns of body size evolution in terrestrial vertebrates[J],2021,5(6).
APA	Benítez-López A..,Santini L..,Gallego-Zamorano J..,Milá B..,Walkden P..,...&Tobias J.A..(2021).The island rule explains consistent patterns of body size evolution in terrestrial vertebrates.Nature Ecology & Evolution,5(6).
MLA	Benítez-López A.,et al."The island rule explains consistent patterns of body size evolution in terrestrial vertebrates".Nature Ecology & Evolution 5.6(2021).