Do Animals Grow Bigger On Islands?

Do Animals Grow Bigger On Islands?

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ISLAND LIFE CAN ‘BLOW UP’ RODENTS
http://www.futurity.org/rodents-islan...
“Rodents are 17 times more likely to evolve to huge proportions on islands than anywhere else.”

Mainland size variation informs predictive models of exceptional insular body size change in rodents
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.or...
“The tendency for island populations of mammalian taxa to diverge in body size from their mainland counterparts consistently in particular directions is both impressive for its regularity and, especially among rodents, troublesome for its exceptions.”

Body Size of Mammals on Islands: The Island Rule Reexamined
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2461638?s...
“Foster observed that there is a clear tendency for gigantism in insular rodents and perhaps marsupials, while dwarfism is characteristic of insular carnivores, lagomorphs, and artiodactyls.”
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