… Body size is a key feature of organisms and varies continuously because of the effects of
natural selection on the size… and synthetic overview of body size variation in insects from a …

… correlated with plasticity of body size. Our results … body size and enabling the evolution of
body size, it may, at the same time, act as a constraint on the evolution of plasticity of body size. …

… has revealed some of the mechanisms by which body size is assessed, as well as the …
of body size regulation that have been uncovered in various species of insects and attempts …

… of size in response to diet quality is regulated by variation in growth rate and critical weight,
while plasticity of size … that regulate body size may enable insects to adjust adult body size in …

… Any such extrapolations are speculative until we know if the patterns we report for insects
hold for other groups, and how the geographical turnover of species depends on body size". …

… determine size change as body size evolves. Here we report on a case of body size evolution
… that established the parameters that regulate body size in this species and compare their …

… and insect size, including: (i) most insects develop smaller body sizes in hypoxia, and some
develop and evolve larger sizes in hyperoxia; (ii) insects developmentally and evolutionarily …

… spectacular sizes of the largest insects ever (2, 4). The physiological basis linking insect body
size … Body size and metabolic rate respond to pO 2 when insects are reared in hypoxic or …

… Insects with the ability to extend their generation time over multiple … body size in cold areas.
Our results furthermore support the idea that body sizes of terrestrial and aquatic insects form …

… We did detect several significant body size shifts among extant taxa … size and costs of long
larval development. We also discuss competing explanations for body size stasis in this insect …