𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Dinosaurs, dragons, and dwarfs: The evolution of maximal body size

✍ Scribed by Burness, G. P.; Diamond, J.; Flannery, T.


Book ID
124081810
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
118 KB
Volume
98
Category
Article
ISSN
0027-8424

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.


πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES


Body Size Evolution and the Concept of A
✍ Robert H. Melton πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1993 πŸ› Elsevier Science 🌐 English βš– 604 KB

A theoretical mechanism of evolutionary body size change is proposed, based on the allometric scaling of energy intake and metabolic expenditure rates with body mass over ontogeny. Genetic or environmental changes that affect these allometries are hypothesized to incidentally change the balance of s