Abstract
All multicellular organisms grow in size during their lifetime. The relationship between time, age, and size and the biological attributes associated with the various stages in life is one of the fundamental issues in life history theory (Stearns 1992; Roff 1994). For example, many plants and animals cannot reproduce unless they have attained a minimum body size. Moreover, the rate of mortality is often strongly associated with body size.
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Fryxell, J.M., Lundberg, P. (1998). Size-Selective Predation. In: Individual Behavior and Community Dynamics. Population and Community Biology Series, vol 20. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1421-9_5
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