Bison body size and climate change

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Martin, Jeff M., Mead, Jim I., Barboza, Perry S.
• Other Authors: Division of Graduate Education, National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Greenland; Kya; Bison bison bison
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4019; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fece3.4019; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.4019; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.4019; http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/chorus/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fece3.4019

The relationship between body size and temperature of mammals is poorly resolved, especially for large keystone species such as bison ( Bison bison ). Bison are well represented in the fossil record across North America, which provides an opportunity to relate body size to climate within a species....