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Island Dwarfism

Island Dwarfism is a biological phenomenon characterized by the evolutionary reduction in body size of large animal species over generations upon colonizing isolated islands, driven by limited resources and reduced predation pressure.

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2017–2026

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The island rule: made to be broken?

Shai Meiri, Natalie Cooper, Andy Purvis · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2007 · 289 citations · Full text

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THE ISLAND RULE IN LARGE MAMMALS: PALEONTOLOGY MEETS ECOLOGY

Pasquale Raia, Shai Meiri · Evolution · 2006 · 201 citations

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The generality of the island rule reexamined

Shai Meiri, Tamar Dayan, Daniel Simberloff · Journal of Biogeography · 2006 · 172 citations

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Dinosaurs and the island rule: The dwarfed dinosaurs from Haţeg Island

Michael J. Benton, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Dan Grigorescu et al. · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 2010 · 171 citations

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RAPID AND REPEATED ORIGIN OF INSULAR GIGANTISM AND DWARFISM IN AUSTRALIAN TIGER SNAKES

J. Scott Keogh, Ian Scott, Christine Hayes · Evolution · 2005 · 156 citations · Full text

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Authors

170

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    Shai Meiri

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    9 publications · 1K citations

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  2. PR
    Pasquale Raia

    University of Naples Federico II, Italy

    6 publications · 392 citations

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  3. AV
    Alexandra van der Geer

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands

    3 publications · 188 citations

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  4. SM
    Scott M. Boback

    Dickinson College, United States

    3 publications · 65 citations

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    David B. Weishampel

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    3 publications · 410 citations

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Institutions

138

  1. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    440 citations

  3. University of Naples Federico II

    Naples, Italy

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    219 citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    758 citations

  5. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

    Madrid, Spain

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    154 citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    410 citations

  7. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    103 citations

  8. Naturalis Biodiversity Center

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    327 citations

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Venues

  1. Evolution

    7 publications · 664 citations

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  2. Global Ecology and Biogeography

    5 publications · 436 citations

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  3. Biology Letters

    5 publications · 188 citations

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  4. Journal of Biogeography

    4 publications · 420 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 172 citations

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