Aim Whether intraspecific spatial patterns in body size are generalizable across species
remains contentious, as well as the mechanisms underlying these patterns. Here we test …

Understanding the processes that underpin adaptive evolutionary shifts within major
taxonomic groups has long been a research directive among many evolutionary biologists …

Background Adaptive radiation theory posits that ecological opportunity promotes rapid
proliferation of phylogenetic and ecological diversity. Given that adaptive radiation proceeds …

Because of their dependence on ambient temperature ectothermic animals can serve as
sentinels of conservation problems related to global warming. Reptiles in temperate areas …

Aim The emergence of large‐scale patterns of animal body size is the central expectation of
a wide range of (macro) ecological and evolutionary hypotheses. The drivers sha** these …

Aim Variation in body size across animal species underlies most ecological and
evolutionary processes sha** local‐and large‐scale patterns of biodiversity. For well over …

Body size shapes ecological interactions across and within species, ultimately influencing
the evolution of large‐scale biodiversity patterns. Therefore, macroecological studies of …

Both the metabolic theory of ecology and dynamic energy budget theory predict that climate
influences body size through its effects on first-order determinants of energetics: reactive …

Live-bearing reproduction (viviparity) has evolved from egg-laying (oviparity) independently
many times and most abundantly in squamate reptiles. Studying life-history trade-offs …

Bergmann's Rule (ie, the tendency of body size to increase with decreasing environmental
temperature) was originally explained by a mechanism that is unique to endotherms …