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**Foster's rule**
	ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment
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Foster's rule, also known as the island rule or the island effect, is an ecogeographical rule in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. ... It is part of the more general phenomenon of island syndrome which describes the differences in morphology, ecology, physiology and behaviour of insular species compared to their continental counterparts.
The rule was first formulated by van Valen in 1973^[1]^[2] based on the study by mammalogist J. Bristol Foster in 1964.^[3]^[4] In it, Foster compared 116 island species to their mainland varieties. ...
The idea was expanded upon in The Theory of Island Biogeography, by Robert MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson. In 1978, Ted J. Case published a longer paper on the topic in the journal Ecology.^[5]

— English Wikipedia article “Foster's rule”

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↑ (1973). "Body Size and Numbers of Plants and Animals". Evolution 27 (1): 27–35. DOI:10.2307/2407116. PMID 28563673.
↑ (2018). "The island rule: An assessment of biases and research trends". Journal of Biogeography 45 (2): 289–303. DOI:10.1111/jbi.13160.
↑ Foster, J.B. (1964). "The evolution of mammals on islands". Nature 202 (4929): 234–235. DOI:10.1038/202234a0.
↑ Foster, J. B. (1965) The evolution of the mammals of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Occasional Papers of the British Columbia Provincial Museum, 14, 1–130.
↑ Case, T.J. (1978). "A general explanation for insular body size trends in terrestrial vertebrates". Ecology 59 (1): 1–18. DOI:10.2307/1936628.

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[Valen1973-1] (1973). "Body Size and Numbers of Plants and Animals". Evolution 27 (1): 27–35. DOI:10.2307/2407116. PMID 28563673.

[Lokatis2018-2] (2018). "The island rule: An assessment of biases and research trends". Journal of Biogeography 45 (2): 289–303. DOI:10.1111/jbi.13160.

[3] Foster, J.B. (1964). "The evolution of mammals on islands". Nature 202 (4929): 234–235. DOI:10.1038/202234a0.

[4] Foster, J. B. (1965) The evolution of the mammals of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Occasional Papers of the British Columbia Provincial Museum, 14, 1–130.

[5] Case, T.J. (1978). "A general explanation for insular body size trends in terrestrial vertebrates". Ecology 59 (1): 1–18. DOI:10.2307/1936628.

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