Ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology
Garganornis ballmanni Late Miocene Foster's rule , also known as theisland rule or theisland effect , is anecogeographical rule inevolutionary biology stating that members of aspecies get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. For example, it is known thatpygmy mammoths evolved from normalmammoths on smallislands . Similar evolutionary paths have been observed inelephants ,hippopotamuses ,boas ,sloths ,deer (such asKey deer ) andhumans .[ 1] [ 2] island syndrome which describes the differences inmorphology ,ecology ,physiology andbehaviour of insular species compared to their continental counterparts.
The rule was first formulated byLeigh Van Valen in 1973[ 3] [ 4] mammalogist J. Bristol Foster in 1964.[ 5] [ 6] insular gigantism ) while others became smaller (insular dwarfism ). Foster proposed the simple explanation that smaller creatures get larger when predation pressure is relaxed because of the absence of some of the predators of the mainland, and larger creatures become smaller when food resources are limited because of land area constraints.[ 7]
The idea was expanded upon inThe Theory of Island Biogeography Robert MacArthur andEdward O. Wilson . In 1978,Ted J. Case published a longer paper on the topic in the journalEcology [ 8]
Recent literature has also applied the island rule to plants.[ 9]
There are some cases that do not neatly fit the rule; for example,artiodactyls have on several islands evolved into both dwarf and giant forms.[ 10] [ 11]
The Island Rule is a contested topic in evolutionary biology. Some argue that, since body size is a trait that is affected by multiple factors, and not just by organisms moving to an island, genetic variations across all populations could also cause the body mass differences between mainland and island populations.[ 12]
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Rules Allen's rule Shorter appendages in colder climates Bateson's rule Extra limbs mirror their neighbours Bergmann's rule Larger bodies in colder climates Cope's rule Bodies get larger over time Deep-sea gigantism Larger bodies in deep-sea animals Dollo's law Loss of complex traits is irreversible Eichler's rule Parasites co-vary with their hosts Emery's rule Insect social parasites are often in same genus as their hosts Fahrenholz's rule Host and parasite phylogenies become congruent Foster's rule (Insular gigantism ,Insular dwarfism )Small species get larger, large species smaller, after colonizing islands Gause's law Complete competitors cannot coexist Gloger's rule Lighter coloration in colder, drier climates Haldane's rule Hybrid sexes that are absent, rare, or sterile, are heterogamic Harrison's rule Parasites co-vary in size with their hosts Hamilton's rule Genes increase in frequency when relatedness of recipient to actor times benefit to recipient exceeds reproductive cost to actor Kleiber's law An animals metabolic rate decreases with its size Hennig's progression rule In cladistics, the most primitive species are found in earliest, central, part of group's area Jarman–Bell principle The correlation between the size of an animal and its diet quality; larger animals can consume lower quality diet Jordan's rule Inverse relationship between water temperature and no. of fin rays, vertebrae Lack's principle Birds lay only as many eggs as they can provide food for Rapoport's rule Latitudinal range increases with latitude Rensch's rule Sexual size dimorphism increases with size when males are larger, decreases with size when females are larger Rosa's rule Groups evolve from character variation in primitive species to a fixed character state in advanced ones Schmalhausen's law A population at limit of tolerance in one aspect is vulnerable to small differences in any other aspect Thayer's law The top of an animals coloration is darker than the bottom Thorson's rule No. of eggs of benthic marine invertebrates decreases with latitude Van Valen's law Probability of extinction of a group is constant over time von Baer's laws Embryos start from a common form and develop into increasingly specialised forms Williston's law Parts in an organism become reduced in number and specialized in function Related
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