Body size is central to ecology at levels ranging from organismal fecundity to the functioning
of communities and ecosystems. Understanding temperature‐induced variations in body …

Temperature profoundly impacts both the phenotypes and distributions of organisms. These
thermal effects exert strong selective pressures on behaviour, physiology and life history …

Eco-geographical rules maintained within a taxonomic clade, populations and species of
larger size were found in colder environments, and species of smaller size were found in …

Bergmann's eco-geographical rule maintained within a taxonomic clade, populations and
species of larger size were found in colder environments, and species of smaller size were …

Bergmann's eco-geographical rule maintained within a taxonomic clade, populations and
species of larger size were found in colder environments, and species of smaller size were …

Most ectothermic organisms mature at smaller body sizes when reared in warmer
conditions. This phenotypically plastic response, known as the “temperature-size rule”(TSR) …

A popular notion in sexual selection is that females are polyandrous and their offspring are
commonly sired by more than a single male. We now have large-scale evidence from …

Body size is a key feature of organisms and varies continuously because of the effects of
natural selection on the size‐dependency of resource acquisition and mortality rates. This …

Question: Associations of body size and of body temperature with fitness have complex
relationships for ectotherms, but three general patterns are known. Bigger is better: Larger …

According to life‐history theory, growth rates are subject to strong directional selection due
to reproductive and survival advantages associated with large adult body size. Yet, growth is …