Body Size with Relation to Population Density in Mammals
- 1 November 1955
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 36 (4) , 493-515
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1375805
Abstract
The first purpose of this paper is to present certain evidence of a decrease in body size in the Alaska fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) with relation to a measured increase in population size; second, to review briefly the relationship reported to exist between body size and abundance in the brown rat, house-mouse, vole, muskrat, gray squirrel, raccoon, deer, and man. The body size: abundance relationship in mammals has not, we believe, received the attention it deserves. A third purpose of the paper, then, is to stimulate inquiry into the mechanics of body size regulation by density dependent factors in the environment.Keywords
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