Former UW Ph.D. Student Leads Research On Environmental Drivers Of Body Size Increase In North American Bats
February 08, 2023
February 08, 2023
LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
In science, Bergmann's Rule is a well-known ecological pattern that has been studied for 175-plus years. In essence, the rule says that, as one moves toward higher latitudes, animals get larger, a concept long thought because the larger size of an animal helps conserve its body heat.
Jesse Alston, a former University of Wyoming doctoral student in the Program in Ecolog . . .
In science, Bergmann's Rule is a well-known ecological pattern that has been studied for 175-plus years. In essence, the rule says that, as one moves toward higher latitudes, animals get larger, a concept long thought because the larger size of an animal helps conserve its body heat.
Jesse Alston, a former University of Wyoming doctoral student in the Program in Ecolog . . .