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Bergmann's rule

Bergmann's rule proper noun: the ecogeographic principle that, within a broadly distributed taxonomic clade, populations and species of larger size are found in colder environments, and species of smaller size are found in warmer regions.

Proper noun

Bergmann's rule

  1. The ecogeographic principle that, within a broadly distributed taxonomic clade, populations and species of larger size are found in colder environments, and species of smaller size are found in warmer regions.

Origin of Bergmann's rule

Named after Carl Bergmann, 19th-century German biologist.

Questions about Bergmann's rule

What does Bergmann's rule mean?
Bergmann's rule means the ecogeographic principle that, within a broadly distributed taxonomic clade, populations and species of larger size are found in colder environments, and species of smaller size are found in warmer regions.
What part of speech is Bergmann's rule?
Bergmann's rule is a proper noun.

Words near Bergmann's rule in the dictionary

  1. Bergman cyclization
  2. Bergman cyclizations
  3. Bergmanesque
  4. Bergmanian
  5. Bergmann
  6. Bergmann's rule
  7. bergmannite
  8. bergmaster
  9. bergmasters
  10. bergmeal
  11. bergmehl

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