The Evolution and Ecology of Body Size

作者: M. LaBarbera

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-70831-2_5

关键词: Ecology (disciplines)Body sizeOrganismEvolutionary biologyGeometric similarityTheoretical modelsBiologyEcology

摘要: An organism’s size affects virtually all aspects of its physiology and ecology. There are presently no theoretical models which can explain the broad patterns shape functional changes observed; empirical descriptions these have suffered from a lack rigor in choice analysis data.

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