Optimal body size and an animal's diet
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Ted J. Case
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Article
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1979
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Springer
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English
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Within many animal taxa there is a trend for the species of larger body size to eat food of lower caloric value. For example, most large extant lizards are herbivorous. Reasonable arguments based on energetic considerations are often invoked to explain this trend, yet, while these factors set limits