naa a22 4500 510737366 CHVBK 20180411083015.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11284-013-1090-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11284-013-1090-5 Altitudinal variation in body size in Abacarus panticis Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Chi-Chien Kuo, Chin-Fah Wang, Jeng-I Tsai, Fong-Long Feng, Kun-Wei Huang] We found that body length of a minute eriophyoid mite, Abacarus panticis Keifer, increased with elevation and rainfall, decreased with temperature, and exhibited a female-biased dimorphism. There was a negative temperature-body length relation in the female instead of the male, whose size remained constant along temperature gradients. In addition, scaling of body length between sexes is not significantly different from one. We conclude that within-species body length of A. panticis conforms to Bergmann's trend but not Rensch's rule. Further studies could take advantage of the more rigorous and flexible hierarchical model in the revelation of scale-specific determinants of phenotypic variation. The Ecological Society of Japan, 2013 Body size nationallicence Ectotherms nationallicence Environment nationallicence Sexual size dimorphism nationallicence Taiwan nationallicence Kuo Chi-Chien Department of Zoology, National Museum of Natural Science, 1 Guancian Rd, 404, Taichung, Taiwan aut Wang Chin-Fah General Education Center, National Chiayi University, 600, Chiayi, Taiwan aut Tsai Jeng-I Department of Forestry, National Chung Hsing University, 402, Taichung, Taiwan aut Feng Fong-Long Department of Forestry, National Chung Hsing University, 402, Taichung, Taiwan aut Huang Kun-Wei Department of Zoology, National Museum of Natural Science, 1 Guancian Rd, 404, Taichung, Taiwan aut Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/6(2013-11-01), 1091-1097 0912-3814 28:6<1091 2013 28 11284 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-013-1090-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-013-1090-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kuo Chi-Chien Department of Zoology, National Museum of Natural Science, 1 Guancian Rd, 404, Taichung, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Chin-Fah General Education Center, National Chiayi University, 600, Chiayi, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tsai Jeng-I Department of Forestry, National Chung Hsing University, 402, Taichung, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Feng Fong-Long Department of Forestry, National Chung Hsing University, 402, Taichung, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huang Kun-Wei Department of Zoology, National Museum of Natural Science, 1 Guancian Rd, 404, Taichung, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/6(2013-11-01), 1091-1097 0912-3814 28:6<1091 2013 28 11284 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer