Artículo
An interspecific test of Bergmann’s rule reveals inconsistent body size patterns across several lineages of water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Autor/es | Pallarés Párraga, Susana
Lai, Michele Abellán Ródenas, Pedro Ribera, Ignacio Sánchez Fernández, David |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología |
Fecha de publicación | 2019 |
Fecha de depósito | 2022-12-14 |
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Resumen | 1. Bergmann's rule sensu lato, the ecogeographic pattern relating animals' body size with environmental temperature (or latitude), has been shown to be inconsistent among insect taxa. Body size clines remain largely ... 1. Bergmann's rule sensu lato, the ecogeographic pattern relating animals' body size with environmental temperature (or latitude), has been shown to be inconsistent among insect taxa. Body size clines remain largely unexplored in aquatic insects, which may show contrasting patterns to those found in terrestrial groups because of the physiological or mechanical constraints of the aquatic environment. 2. Bergmann's rule was tested using data on body size, phylogeny and distribution for 93 species belonging to four lineages of dytiscid water beetles. The relationship between size and latitude was explored at two taxonomic resolutions – within each independent lineage, and for the whole dataset – employing phylogenetic generalised least-squares to control for phylogenetic inertia. The potential influence of habitat preference (lotic versus lentic) on body size clines was also considered. 3. Within-lineage analyses showed negative relationships (i.e. converse Bergmann's rule), but only in two lineages (specifically in those that included both lotic and lentic species). By contrast, no relationship was found between body size and latitude for the whole dataset. 4. These results suggest that there may be no universal interspecific trends in latitudinal variation of body size in aquatic insects, even among closely related groups, and show the need to account for phylogenetic inertia. Furthermore, habitat preferences should be considered when exploring latitudinal clines in body size in aquatic taxa at the interspecific level. |
Agencias financiadoras | Universidad de Sevilla |
Identificador del proyecto | V PPIT-US |
Cita | Pallarés Párraga, S., Lai, M., Abellán Ródenas, P., Ribera, I. y Sánchez Fernández, D. (2019). An interspecific test of Bergmann’s rule reveals inconsistent body size patterns across several lineages of water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Ecological Entomology, 44 (2), 249-254. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12701. |
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