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Allen's Rule

Allen's Rule is an ecogeographical principle stating that endothermic animals in colder climates tend to have shorter appendages relative to body size than those in warmer climates, thereby minimizing heat loss through reduction of surface area-to-volume ratio.

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Geographical Variation in Bill Size across Bird Species Provides Evidence for Allen’s Rule

Matthew R. E. Symonds, Glenn J. Tattersall · The American Naturalist · 2010 · 235 citations

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Shawn Blau · New England journal of entrepreneurship · 2001 · 218 citations · Full text

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Climatological correlates for body size of five species of Australian mammals

Yoram Yom‐Tov, H. A. Nix · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 1986 · 135 citations

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The effects of body proportions on thermoregulation: an experimental assessment of Allen's rule

Michael J. Tilkens, Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler, Timothy D. Weaver et al. · Journal of Human Evolution · 2007 · 131 citations

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Morphological Changes in Swine Associated with Environmental Temperature

M.E. Weaver, Douglas Ingram · Ecology · 1969 · 111 citations

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Authors

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  1. MR
    Matthew R. E. Symonds

    Deakin University, Australia

    5 publications · 364 citations

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  2. DA
    Dardo A. Martí

    National University of Misiones, Argentina

    3 publications · 61 citations

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  3. GJ
    Glenn J. Tattersall

    Brock University, Canada

    3 publications · 326 citations

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  4. CJ
    Claudio J. Bidau

    National University of Misiones, Argentina

    3 publications · 61 citations

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  5. AM
    Alexandra McQueen

    Deakin University, Australia

    2 publications · 91 citations

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Institutions

92

  1. Deakin University

    Burwood, Australia

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    456 citations

  2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    217 citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    222 citations

  4. National University of Misiones

    Posadas, Argentina

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    69 citations

  5. National University of Río Negro

    Viedma, Argentina

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  6. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  7. Brock University

    Saint Catharines, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    91 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    148 citations

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  1. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    4 publications · 249 citations

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  2. Journal of Biogeography

    3 publications · 128 citations

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  3. Nature Communications

    3 publications · 126 citations

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  4. Global Ecology and Biogeography

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  5. The American Naturalist

    AN · 2 publications · 278 citations

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