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SUBMITTER: Griffen BD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6226199 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Griffen Blaine D BD Cannizzo Zachary J ZJ Gül Mustafa R MR
PloS one 20181109 11
Individual characteristics often scale allometrically with organismal body size and the form of this scaling can be influenced by ecological and evolutionary factors. Examining the specific form of this scaling can therefore yield important insights into organismal ecology and evolution and the ability of organisms to respond to future environmental changes. We examine the intraspecific allometric scaling of stomach volume with body mass for 17 species of brachyuran crabs. We also examine how th ...[more]