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Depending upon their sizes, animals are affected in different ways by the various physical factors of their environments. Molecular forces, Brownian movement and the viscosity of water are extremely important to small protozoans, while gravity becomes increasingly important in the energetics of larger animals. The results of natural selection must be quite different on smaller than on larger organisms.
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Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. (1988). Implications of Life on Land. In: Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61360-9_2
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