Variation at high latitudes: the geography of body size and cranial morphology of the muskox, Ovibos moschatus

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: Smith, Paul A., Schaefer, James A., Patterson, Brent. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Zimmerman; muskox; ovibos moschatus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00751.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2699.2002.00751.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00751.x

Abstract Aim Bergmann's rule, one of the most studied and controversial ecogeographical generalizations, has rarely been tested with observations from high latitudes. We tested the rule using cranial measurements of the muskox [ Ovibos moschatus (Zimmerman)], a homeotherm with an extremely nort...