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Evolution: The rise and fall of island dwarfs and giants
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ABSTRACT: Islands are arenas for a range of striking evolutionary phenomena, including the island rule - the tendency for larger animals to shrink and smaller animals to enlarge. A new study of insular mammals finds such body size shifts predispose these evolutionary marvels to greater extinction risk.
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Islands Extinction Risk Species
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Matthews, T.J. (2023). "Evolution: The rise and fall of island dwarfs and giants. Current Biology", 33(12), R684-R686. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.062 (IF2021 10,900; Q1 Cell Biology)