Size Matters: Individual Variation in Ectotherm Growth and Asymptotic Size.

Body size, and, by extension, growth has impacts on physiology, survival, attainment of sexual maturity, fecundity, generation time, and population dynamics, especially in ectotherm animals that often exhibit extensive growth following attainment of sexual maturity. Frequently, growth is analyzed at...

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Main Authors: Richard B King, Kristin M Stanford, Peter C Jones, Kent Bekker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4712130?pdf=render