Gloger’s rule
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Gloger’s rule is an ecogeographical principle stating that endothermic animals in more humid, warmer climates tend to have darker pigmentation than those in cooler, drier regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gloger’s rule canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10242114 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gloger’s rule Context triple: [Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger, knownFor, Gloger’s rule]
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A.
Osthoff's law
Osthoff's law is a sound change in Indo-European linguistics describing the shortening of long vowels before resonant consonants followed by another consonant.
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B.
Lenzsche Regel
Lenzsche Regel ist ein grundlegendes Gesetz der Elektrodynamik, das die Richtung induzierter Ströme so festlegt, dass sie der Ursache ihrer Entstehung entgegenwirken.
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C.
Kleiber
Kleiber is a German surname most famously associated with Carlos Kleiber, one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed orchestral conductors.
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D.
Cope’s rule
Cope’s rule is an evolutionary hypothesis proposing that animal lineages tend to increase in body size over geological time.
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E.
Lusser's law
Lusser's law is a reliability engineering principle that states the overall reliability of a system is the product of the reliabilities of its individual components, highlighting how system reliability decreases as more components are added in series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gloger’s rule Target entity description: Gloger’s rule is an ecogeographical principle stating that endothermic animals in more humid, warmer climates tend to have darker pigmentation than those in cooler, drier regions.
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A.
Osthoff's law
Osthoff's law is a sound change in Indo-European linguistics describing the shortening of long vowels before resonant consonants followed by another consonant.
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B.
Lenzsche Regel
Lenzsche Regel ist ein grundlegendes Gesetz der Elektrodynamik, das die Richtung induzierter Ströme so festlegt, dass sie der Ursache ihrer Entstehung entgegenwirken.
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C.
Kleiber
Kleiber is a German surname most famously associated with Carlos Kleiber, one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed orchestral conductors.
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D.
Cope’s rule
Cope’s rule is an evolutionary hypothesis proposing that animal lineages tend to increase in body size over geological time.
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E.
Lusser's law
Lusser's law is a reliability engineering principle that states the overall reliability of a system is the product of the reliabilities of its individual components, highlighting how system reliability decreases as more components are added in series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biogeographical principle
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ecogeographical rule ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
birds
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endothermic animals ⓘ mammals ⓘ |
| appliesToTrait |
fur color in mammals
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plumage color in birds ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
climatic humidity gradient
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temperature gradient ⓘ |
| concerns |
animal coloration
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geographic variation ⓘ melanin-based pigmentation ⓘ |
| dateProposed | 19th century ⓘ |
| describes | geographical variation in animal pigmentation ⓘ |
| field |
biogeography
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ecology ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| hasExceptions | some taxa that do not follow the predicted pigmentation pattern ⓘ |
| hasImplicationsFor |
UV radiation protection
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adaptation to climate ⓘ camouflage ⓘ resistance to feather and fur-degrading microorganisms ⓘ thermoregulation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
environmental gradients
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natural selection ⓘ |
| involvesFactor |
humidity
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pathogen and parasite pressure ⓘ precipitation ⓘ solar radiation ⓘ temperature ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger ⓘ |
| oftenTestedUsing |
large-scale geographic datasets
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museum specimen data ⓘ |
| patternType |
environmental gradient rule
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latitudinal cline in pigmentation ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Allen’s rule
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Bergmann’s rule ⓘ |
| relevantTo |
climate change impact studies
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conservation biology ⓘ human skin color variation ⓘ |
| statesThat |
populations in cool, dry climates tend to be more lightly pigmented
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populations in warm, humid climates tend to be more darkly pigmented ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
comparative studies in birds
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comparative studies in mammals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gloger’s rule Description of subject: Gloger’s rule is an ecogeographical principle stating that endothermic animals in more humid, warmer climates tend to have darker pigmentation than those in cooler, drier regions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.