Oh, the places you will grow: Intraspecific latitudinal clines in butterfly size suggest a phylogenetic signal.

ABSTRACT: Within an animal species, the body sizes of individuals at higher latitudes are often different from individuals at lower latitudes. For homeothermic species that maintain a relatively constant body temperature, such as mammals and birds, individuals at higher latitudes tend to be larger. For ectothermic species, such as insects, that do not retain their own body heat and which often do not maintain a relatively constant body temperature, patterns of body size with latitude are highly variable. This has led some authors to contend that patterns in even closely related species cannot be expected to be similar. Indeed, to our knowledge, no studies of invertebrates have found that more closely related species have more similar relationships between body size and latitude. Further, no studies

SUBMITTER: Merwin AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9120895 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature