Life's size and tempo are intimately linked. The rate of metabolism varies with body mass in
remarkably regular ways that can often be described by a simple power function, where the …

Researchers from diverse disciplines, including organismal and cellular physiology, sports
science, human nutrition, evolution and ecology, have sought to understand the causes and …

Although polyploidization is frequent in development, cancer, and evolution, impacts on
animal metabolism are poorly understood. In Xenopus frogs, the number of genome copies …

Within many species, and particularly fish, fecundity does not scale with mass linearly;
instead, it scales disproportionately. Disproportionate intraspecific size–reproduction …

Among terrestrial mammals, the largest, the 3 tonne African elephant, is one-million times
heavier than the smallest, the 3 g pygmy shrew. Body mass is the most obvious and …

Metabolic cold adaptation, or Krogh's rule, is the controversial hypothesis that predicts a
monotonically negative relationship between metabolic rate and environmental temperature …

Macroecological scaling patterns, such as between prey and predator biomass, are
fundamental to our understanding of the rules of biological organization and ecosystem …

Overfishing, habitat loss, and climate change are driving population declines in many
species. Understanding a species' capacity to recover from these and other threats is …

The reptilian form of hibernation (brumation) is much less studied than its mammalian and
insect equivalents. Hibernation and brumation share some basic features but may differ in …

Understanding how species adapt to different temperatures is crucial to predict their
response to global warming, and thermal performance curves (TPCs) have been employed …