Abstract:In nature, the benefits of being big are manifold (Kingsolver & Pfennig, 2004;Sauer & Slade, 1987;Stanley, 1973). Among the more noteworthy are higher survival rates, greater reproductive success, increased diet breadth and improved thermoregulatory ability compared with smaller conspecifics (Brown & Maurer, 1986;Kozłowski, 1992). For example, in the north Atlantic, a fully grown female cod (Gadus morhua) can spawn 50 times more eggs than the smallest breeders (May, 1967); on Jamaica, the largest male anoles (… Show more
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