Individual differences in the energy cost of self-maintenance (resting metabolic rate, RMR)
are substantial and the focus of an emerging research area. These differences may …

ABSTRACT A common, long‐held belief is that metabolic rate drives the rates of various
biological, ecological and evolutionary processes. Although this metabolic pacemaker view …

Short-term evolutionary potential depends on the additive genetic variance in the
population. The additive variance is often measured as heritability, the fraction of the total …

Metabolic rates and life history strategies are both thought to set the “pace of life”, but
whether they evolve in tandem is not well understood. Here, using a common garden …

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the rate of metabolism of a resting, postabsorptive, non-
reproductive, adult bird or mammal, measured during the inactive circadian phase at a …

Repeatability studies are gaining considerable interest among physiological ecologists,
particularly in traits affected by high environmental/residual variance, such as whole-animal …

The extent to which mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation is involved in adaptive
evolutionary change is currently being reevaluated. In particular, emerging evidence …

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) provides a widely accepted benchmark of metabolic
expenditure for endotherms under laboratory and natural conditions. While most studies …

Variation in aerobic capacity has far reaching consequences for the physiology, ecology,
and evolution of vertebrates. Whether at rest or active, animals are constrained to operate …

There is increasing evidence that intense fishing pressure is not only depleting fish stocks
but also causing evolutionary changes to fish populations. In particular, body size and …