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 …

Accumulating evidence suggests that the average body size of many organisms is declining
in response to climate warming. This phenomenon has been suggested to represent a …

Fish and other ectotherms living in warmer waters often grow faster as juveniles, mature
earlier, but become smaller adults. Known as the temperature‐size rule (TSR), this pattern is …

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 …

The majority of ectotherms grow slower but mature at a larger body size in colder
environments. This phenomenon has puzzled biologists because classic theories of life …

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 …

This book provides a modern, synthetic overview of interactions between insects and their
environments from a physiological perspective that integrates information across a range of …

Environmental effects on body size are of widespread ecological and economic importance
but our understanding of these effects has been obscured by an apparent paradox. Life …

In many organisms, individuals in colder environments grow more slowly but are larger as
adults. This widespread pattern is embodied by two well-established rules: Bergmann's rule …

Two seemingly opposite evolutionary patterns of clinal variation in body size and associated
life history traits exist in nature. According to Bergmann's rule, body size increases with …