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From: "Tommy Tyrberg" <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:33:24 +0200
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I would be very careful about applying Bergmann's ruled to an isolated
island population. Large animals (which includes sheep-sized ones)
almost always get dwarfed on islands. This applies to both tropical,
temperate and arctic islands. 
On the other hand small animals tend to grow larger on islands.

Tommy Tyrberg

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Interesting new research:
 
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-small-sheep3-2009jul03,0,5940
927.story
 
Guy Leahy

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- A biological basis for Bergmann's Rule?
  - From: GUY LEAHY <xrciseguy@q.com>

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