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bergmann's rule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bergman-n's rule
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

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

Questions

What does bergmann's rule mean?
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.
Where does bergmann's rule come from?
Named after Carl Bergmann, 19th-century German biologist.

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