According to life‐history theory, growth rates are subject to strong directional selection due
to reproductive and survival advantages associated with large adult body size. Yet, growth is …

Mass‐specific standard metabolic rate (SMR, or maintenance metabolism) varies greatly
among individuals. Metabolism is particularly sensitive to variation in food consumption and …

Foraging theory was first developed to predict the behaviour of widely‐foraging animals that
actively search for prey. Although the behaviour of sit‐and‐wait predators often follows …

It is often assumed that larval food stress reduces lifetime fitness regardless of the conditions
subsequently faced by adults. However, according to the environment-matching hypothesis …

The specific growth rate (SGR) of a cohort of 2000 tagged juvenile European sea bass was
measured in a common tank, during two sequential cycles comprising three-weeks feed …

Adult body size is determined by the quality and quantity of nutrients available to animals. In
insects, nutrition affects adult size primarily during the nymphal or larval stages. However …

Ecological factors are known to cause evolutionary diversification. Recent work has shown
that evolution in strongly interacting predator species has reciprocal impacts on ecosystems …

Adaptive trade-offs define the trait combinations that differentiate taxa and allow coexistence
along environmental gradients. To understand the physiological trade-offs associated with …

The effects of different temperatures and diets experienced during distinct life stages are not
necessarily similar. The silver-spoon hypothesis predicts that developing under favorable …

Juveniles of different salmonid species often co-exist along environmental gradients, making
them a useful model for identifying dominant trade-off axes and their stability within a …