Foster's rule
Foster's rule (also known as the island rule or the island effect) is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known that pygmy mammoths evolved from normal mammoths on small islands. Similar evolutionary paths have been observed in elephants, hippopotamuses, boas, deer (for example Key deer) and humans. It was first stated by J. Bristol Foster in 1964 in the journal Nature, in an article titled "The evolution of mammals on islands". In it, he studied 116 island species and compared them to their mainland varieties. He proposed that certain island creatures evolved into larger versions of themselves while others became smaller versions of themselves. Fo
Foster's rule
Foster's rule (also known as the island rule or the island effect) is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known that pygmy mammoths evolved from normal mammoths on small islands. Similar evolutionary paths have been observed in elephants, hippopotamuses, boas, deer (for example Key deer) and humans. It was first stated by J. Bristol Foster in 1964 in the journal Nature, in an article titled "The evolution of mammals on islands". In it, he studied 116 island species and compared them to their mainland varieties. He proposed that certain island creatures evolved into larger versions of themselves while others became smaller versions of themselves. Fo
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De wet van Foster (ook wel de ...... ling van de werkelijkheid was.
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Die sogenannte Inselregel, auc ...... auch statistisch belegt werden
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Foster's rule (also known as t ...... ified and not completely true.
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La loi de Foster est un princi ...... des boas ou encore des hommes.
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La regola di Foster o regola d ...... istiche e non generalizzabili.
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島嶼化（とうしょか、island rule）は進化生物学、生 ...... er's rule）とも言う。島嶼生物学の要点となっている。
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福斯特法则（英语：Foster's rule），又称为岛屿法 ...... 的长篇文章，他认为福斯特最初的推测过于简单化且并不完全正确。
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De wet van Foster (ook wel de ...... rden, boa's, herten en mensen.
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Die sogenannte Inselregel, auc ...... s Inselgigantismus bezeichnet.
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Foster's rule (also known as t ...... ler versions of themselves. Fo
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La loi de Foster est un princi ...... des boas ou encore des hommes.
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La regola di Foster o regola d ...... istiche e non generalizzabili.
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島嶼化（とうしょか、island rule）は進化生物学、生 ...... er's rule）とも言う。島嶼生物学の要点となっている。
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福斯特法则（英语：Foster's rule），又称为岛屿法 ...... 的长篇文章，他认为福斯特最初的推测过于简单化且并不完全正确。
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Foster's rule
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Inselregel
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Loi de Foster
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Regola di Foster
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Wet van Foster
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島嶼化
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福斯特法则
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