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SUBMITTER: Madin JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7013495 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Madin Joshua S JS Baird Andrew H AH Baskett Marissa L ML Connolly Sean R SR Dornelas Maria A MA
Biology letters 20200122 1
Body size is a trait that broadly influences the demography and ecology of organisms. In unitary organisms, body size tends to increase with age. In modular organisms, body size can either increase or decrease with age, with size changes being the net difference between modules added through growth and modules lost through partial mortality. Rates of colony extension are independent of body size, but net growth is allometric, suggesting a significant role of size-dependent mortality. In this stu ...[more]