body size variation

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Variation in organismal body size both within and between species, influenced by environmental and genetic factors

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body size variation

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Dimensions of difference: Multi-scale consequences of trait variation in bumble bees

How do Bombus appositus and Bombus bifarius worker tongue lengths vary within a season?

Extending the social cohesion hypothesis: Is group cohesion associated with dispersal?

Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

Do microorganisms obey macroecological rules?

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

Determining the Effects of Climate-Induced Range Shifts on Caddisfly Population Dynamics

Behavioral strategies of golden-mantled ground squirrels, <i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>

Related Concepts (10)

trait variation

ecosystem function

intraspecific variation

species abundance

Metabolic Theory of Ecology

body size

plant-pollinator mutualism

population dynamics

climate change

community weighted mean

Frequently Associated Species

Bombus

B. appositus

B. rufocinctus

Bombus terrestris

Bombus appositus

Bombus impatiens

B. vosnesenskii

Bombus vosnesenskii

Atriplex canescens

Ambystoma tigrinum

Scaling from traits to ecosystems: Developing a general trait driver theory via integrating trait-based and metabolic scaling theories

On theory in ecology

Detecting between-individual differences in hind-foot length in populations of wild animals

Larval growth in polyphenic salamanders: making the best of a bad lot

The relationships among butterfly size, visitation rate, handling time, and floral display size

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

Phoretic mite discrimination among male burying beetle (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>) hosts

Effect of larval body size on overwinter survival and emerging adult size in the burying beetle, <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>

Induced morphological defenses in the wild: predator effects on a mayfly, <i>Drunella coloradensis</i>

Altitudinal variation in body size and population density of <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Seasonal variation in the intensity of competition and predation among dragonfly larvae