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Island rule (Ecogeographic rules 🌍)

Foster's rule, also known as the island rule or the island effect, is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known that pygmy mammoths evolved from normal mammoths on small i...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_rule

#IslandRule #AnimalSize #InsularEcology #EcogeographicRules #EcologyTerminology #EvolutionaryBiology

Island rule (Ecogeographic rules 🌍)

Foster's rule, also known as the island rule or the island effect, is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known that pygmy mammoths evolved from normal mammoths on small i...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_rule

#IslandRule #AnimalSize #InsularEcology #EcogeographicRules #EcologyTerminology #EvolutionaryBiology

Island rule (Ecogeographic rules 🌍)

Foster's rule, also known as the island rule or the island effect, is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known that pygmy mammoths evolved from normal mammoths on small i...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_rule

#IslandRule #AnimalSize #InsularEcology #EcogeographicRules #EcologyTerminology #EvolutionaryBiology