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Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations
Nature Communications, 2020 The duration of the developmental period represents a fundamental axis of life-history variation, yet broad insights regarding the drivers of this diversity are currently lacking. Here, we test mechanistic and ecological explanations for the evolution of
Christopher R. Cooney +10 more
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Male and female genital allometry in Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2021 This is particularly apparent within the insects that show high variations in genitalic form between closely related species. Static allometry is one of the effective approaches for quantification of such variation.
Mohammad Mehdi Rabieh, Farzaneh Afkhami
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023 As the application of allometry continues to expand, the variability in the allometry exponent has generated a great deal of debate in forest ecology. Some studies have reported counterintuitive values of the exponent, but the sources of such values have
Gudeta W. Sileshi +2 more
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The static allometry of sexual and non-sexual traits in vervet monkeys [PDF]
, 2014 Sexual traits vary tremendously in static allometry. This variation may be explained in part by body size-related differences in the strength of selection.
Cramer, Jennifer Danzy +6 more
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bioRxiv, 2020 Among vertebrates, placental mammals are particularly variable in the covariance between their cranial shapes and body size (allometry), with the notable exception of rodents.
Ariel E. Marcy +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2016 Plant species aboveground allometry can be viewed as a functional trait that reflects the evolutionary trade‐off between above‐ and belowground resources. In forest trees, allometry is related to productivity and resilience in different environments, and
Natalia Vizcaíno‐Palomar +4 more
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A Fractional Probability Calculus View of Allometry
Systems, 2014 The scaling of respiratory metabolism with body size in animals is considered by many to be a fundamental law of nature. An apparent corollary of this law is the scaling of physiologic time with body size, implying that physiologic time is separate and ...
Bruce J. West
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Are there sex differences in the body size of the Eurasian red squirrel in Slovakia? [PDF]
, 2015 Sexual dimorphism of the Eurasian red squirrel on five somatic variables (head-and-body length, tail length, hind foot length, ear length and body weight) was evaluated on 55 squirrels.
Krišovský, Peter +2 more
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Variation in the strength of allometry drives rates of evolution in primate brain shape
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2020 Large brains are a defining feature of primates, as is a clear allometric trend between body mass and brain size. However, important questions on the macroevolution of brain shape in primates remain unanswered.
G. Sansalone +12 more
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Three-dimensional geometric analysis of felid limb bone allometry.
PLoS ONE, 2009 BackgroundStudies of bone allometry typically use simple measurements taken in a small number of locations per bone; often the midshaft diameter or joint surface area is compared to body mass or bone length.
Michael Doube +4 more
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