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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
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Introduction On Being the Right Size: The Impor tance of Size in Life History, Ecology, and Evolution -
Chapter One Macroecological Patterns in Insect Body Size -
Chapter Two Latitudinal Variation of Body Size in Land Snail Populations and Communities -
Chapter Three Geographic Variation in Body Size Distributions of Continental Avifauna -
Chapter Four Evolution of Body Size in Bats -
Chapter Five Macroecological Patterns of Body Size in Mammals across Time and Space -
Chapter Six Using Size Distributions to Understand the Role of Body Size in Mammalian Community Assembly -
Chapter Seven Processes Responsible for Patterns in Body Mass Distributions -
Chapter Eight The Influence of Flight on Patterns of Body Size Diversity and Heritability -
Chapter Nine On Body Size and Life History of Mammals -
Conclusion The Way Forward - Contributors
- Index
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
Introduction On Being the Right Size: The Impor tance of Size in Life History, Ecology, and Evolution -
Chapter One Macroecological Patterns in Insect Body Size -
Chapter Two Latitudinal Variation of Body Size in Land Snail Populations and Communities -
Chapter Three Geographic Variation in Body Size Distributions of Continental Avifauna -
Chapter Four Evolution of Body Size in Bats -
Chapter Five Macroecological Patterns of Body Size in Mammals across Time and Space -
Chapter Six Using Size Distributions to Understand the Role of Body Size in Mammalian Community Assembly -
Chapter Seven Processes Responsible for Patterns in Body Mass Distributions -
Chapter Eight The Influence of Flight on Patterns of Body Size Diversity and Heritability -
Chapter Nine On Body Size and Life History of Mammals -
Conclusion The Way Forward - Contributors
- Index
