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1.	Angerbjörn, Anders (author) Gigantism in Island Populations of Wood Mice (Apodemus) in Europe 1986 In: Oikos. - 0030-1299 .- 1600-0706. ; 47:1, s. 47-56 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract Many rodents have large body sizes on islands, and there are many hypotheses that try to explain this observed pattern. Using body size data on Apodemus in Europe as an example, I try to evaluate the main hypotheses. These can be divided in four different categories. 1) Hypotheses assuming climatic differences between islands and mainland: no trend in body size on islands in the Mediterranean, in Britain or in the Baltic area is observed. 2) Hypotheses based on island size: no trend is observed in the data analysed. 3) Hypotheses based on distance to mainland: no general effect is found, although there is an effect in the British material. 4) Hypotheses based on faunistic differences: consistent relationships are found in all areas. A. sylvaticus shows larger body size when lacking competition from A. flavicollis or Clethrionomys glareolus or when predation is absent. A. flavicollis is larger when predators are lacking, and smaller when no competitors are present. This is in agreement with character displacement theory

Angerbjörn, Anders (author)
Gigantism in Island Populations of Wood Mice (Apodemus) in Europe
1986
In: Oikos. - 0030-1299 .- 1600-0706. ; 47:1, s. 47-56
Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Many rodents have large body sizes on islands, and there are many hypotheses that try to explain this observed pattern. Using body size data on Apodemus in Europe as an example, I try to evaluate the main hypotheses. These can be divided in four different categories. 1) Hypotheses assuming climatic differences between islands and mainland: no trend in body size on islands in the Mediterranean, in Britain or in the Baltic area is observed. 2) Hypotheses based on island size: no trend is observed in the data analysed. 3) Hypotheses based on distance to mainland: no general effect is found, although there is an effect in the British material. 4) Hypotheses based on faunistic differences: consistent relationships are found in all areas. A. sylvaticus shows larger body size when lacking competition from A. flavicollis or Clethrionomys glareolus or when predation is absent. A. flavicollis is larger when predators are lacking, and smaller when no competitors are present. This is in agreement with character displacement theory

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