Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to the research conducted by researchers of Imperial college London.
The study is published in Science Express ( 2 July 2009 edi.):
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/data/1173668/DC1/1 [2]
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/climate-change-and-mystery-shrinking-sheep
[2] http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/data/1173668/DC1/1
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/imperial-college
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sheep
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
