Challenging ecogeographical rules: Phenotypic variation in the Mountain Treeshrew (Tupaia montana) along tropical elevational gradients

• Main Authors: Arlo Hinckley, Ines Sanchez-Donoso, Mar Comas, Miguel CamachoSanchez, Melissa T. R. Hawkins, Noor Haliza Hasan, Jennifer A. Leonard
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Public Library Science 2022
• Subjects: QH1-278.5 Natural history (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34358/1/Abstract.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34358/2/Full%20text.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34358/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268213; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268213
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Bergmann’s and Allen’s rules were defined to describe macroecological patterns across latitudinal gradients. Bergmann observed a positive association between body size and latitude for endothermic species while Allen described shorter appendages as latitude increases. Almost two centuries later, the...