Where Have All the Giants Gone? How Animals Deal with the Problem of Size.

The survival of both the hunter and the hunted often comes down to speed. Yet how fast an animal can run is intricately linked to its size, such that the fastest animals are not the biggest nor the smallest. The ability to maintain high speeds is dependent on the body's capacity to withstand th...

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Main Authors: Taylor J M Dick, Christofer J Clemente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5226675?pdf=render