Island faunas can be characterized by gigantism in small animals and dwarfism in large
animals, but the extent to which this so-called 'island rule'provides a general explanation for …

Aim Animal body sizes are often remarkably variable across islands, but despite much
research we still have a poor understanding of both the patterns and the drivers of body size …

Animals may select habitat to maximize the benefits of foraging on growth and reproduction,
while balancing competing factors like the risk of predation or mortality from other sources …

There are several cases of insular animal species exhibiting dramatic differences in body
size when compared with mainland counterparts. Such pronounced morphological changes …

Adaptation and evolution of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting islands have been the topic of
many studies, particularly those seeking to identify trends or patterns in body size in …

Despite the frequency of fauna translocations as a technique to improve the conservation
status of threatened species, new populations frequently fail to establish. Translocations …

I declare that this dissertation is my own, unaided work unless specifically acknowledged in
the text. It has not been submitted previously for any degree or examination at any other …

We report on a survey of the small mammal communities of Anaho Island and the mainland
surrounding Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin of western Nevada. Ten rodent species were …

Rapid divergence in body size is a well-documented phenomenon among island species,
associated with macroevolutionary processes of diversification and adaptive radiation. The …

Island faunas can be characterized by gigantism in small animals and dwarfism in large
animals, but the extent to which this so-called 'island rule'provides a general explanation for …