Gloger's Rule or Historical Conjecture? Tests in Mammals

ABSTRACT Gloger's rule states that homeotherms are darker at lower latitudes; however, a number of 19th‐century naturalists also suggested that animals are more brightly coloured in the tropics than in temperate regions. Using phylogenetic comparative methods, we investigated and compared both...

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Main Authors: Natasha Howell, Tim Caro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-07-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71855
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