Global warming, Bergmann’s rule and body mass

Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) Science Article 3

abstract

Using museum specimens collected in Israel during the second half of the 20th century, no support wasfound for the hypothesis that body mass and tarsus length of chukar partridges Alectoris chukar haschanged as a result of global warming.

Yoram Yom-Tov, J. Zool., Lond. (2002) 257, 449-455

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