Why are organisms usually bigger in colder environments? Making sense of a life history puzzle

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 235-239

  Atkinson, David ^a   Sibly, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLD ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031285079     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01058-6     Document Type: Note

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