When David beats Goliath: the advantage of large size in interspecific aggressive contests declines over evolutionary time.

Body size has long been recognized to play a key role in shaping species interactions. For example, while small species thrive in a diversity of environments, they typically lose aggressive contests for resources with larger species. However, numerous examples exist of smaller species dominating lar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paul R Martin, Cameron K Ghalambor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4177554?pdf=render