Bison body size and climate change

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Martin, Jeff M., Mead, Jim I., Barboza, Perry S.
• Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Desert Lab Tumamoc Hill
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: WILEY 2018
• Subjects: Bergmann's rule; body size change; climate change; fossil; North America; ungulate; Greenland; Kya; Bison bison bison
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627952; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4019

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. We...