… of body size evolution in this ancient insect order. Our combined results suggest consistent
directional selection (for these fitness components, at least) toward larger adult body size in …

… that determine size change as body size evolves. Here we report on a case of body size
evolution in … In order to ascertain the degree to which the body size of modern animals could be …

… ecological and evolutionary drivers of global latitudinal size gradients in an old insect order.
… using two standard measures of body size: wing length and total body length. We used data …

… and body size occur after accounting for phylogeny and size … evolutionary process that
may underpin size evolution in … or major orders) are associated with divergent evolutionary …

… or more subtaxa, taxonomic order accounts for 3% of the variation in body size, family for
38%… history of the body size of insects plainly reveal how rapidly body size changes can evolve …

… diverse insects range across 2.5 orders of magnitude for adult body length and 4.5 orders of
… The evolution of smaller body size likewise requires evolutionary accommodation in other …

… Giant dragonflies of the extinct order Protodonata (Meganeura) had wingspans … affect body
size distributions. Finally, we examine the existing data that aPO 2 affects insect size evolution…

… lifetime fecundity of insects typically increase intraspecifically with adult body size, the … -history
traits (Jervis & Ferns 2004). Interspecific comparative studies on three insect orders have …

… the evolution of feeding patterns among herbivorous insects … order is assumed to be an
order of increasing specialization in habitat, on the basis of field experience. It is an a priori order, …

… , and evolutionary processes are highly dependent on size; … -order taxa to which the species
belong regarding body size and sexual size dimorphism, we collected data on body length …