Animal body size : linking pattern and process across space, time, and taxonomic group /
Smith, Felisa A.
Lyons, S. Kathleen.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On being the right size: the importance of size to life history, ecology and evolution / Felisa A. Smith and S. Kathleen Lyons -- Body size patterns across space and time. Macroecological patterns in insect body size / Kevin J. Gaston and Steven L. Chown ; Latitudinal variation of body size in land snail populations and communities / Jeffrey C. Nekola, Gary M. Barker, Robert A.D. Cameron, and Beata M. Pokryszko ; Geographic variation in body size distributions of continental avifauna / Brian A. Maurer ; Body mass evolution in bats / Kamran Safi, Shai Meiri, and Kate E. Jones ; Macroecological patterns of body size in mammals across time and space / S. Kathleen Lyons and Felisa A. Smith -- Mechanisms and consequences underlying body size distributional patterns. Using size distributions to understand the role of body size in mammalian community assembly / S.K. Morgan Ernest ; Processes responsible for patterns in body mass distribution / Brian A. Maurer and Pablo A. Marquet -- The influence of flight on patterns of body size diversity and heritability / Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, Kate E. Jones, Brian A. Maurer, and James H. Brown ; On body size and life history of mammals / James H. Brown, Astrid Kodric-Brown, and Richard M. Sibly -- Conclusion. The way forward / Felisa A. Smith and S. Kathleen Lyons.
Body size.
Variation (Biology)
Macroecology.