进化：岛屿侏儒和巨人的兴衰。

Evolution: The rise and fall of island dwarfs and giants.

机构信息

GEES (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences) and Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group / CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute and Universidade dos Açores - Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, PT-9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2023 Jun 19;33(12):R684-R686. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.062.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.062

PMID:37339596

Abstract

Islands are arenas for a range of striking evolutionary phenomena, including the island rule - the tendency for larger animals to shrink and smaller animals to enlarge. A new study of insular mammals finds such body size shifts predispose these evolutionary marvels to greater extinction risk.

摘要

岛屿是一系列引人注目的进化现象的竞技场，包括岛屿法则——较大的动物倾向于缩小，较小的动物倾向于增大。一项对岛屿哺乳动物的新研究发现，这种体型大小的变化使这些进化奇观更容易灭绝。