The herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods were the
largest terrestrial animals ever, surpassing the largest herbivorous mammals by an order of …

Here we review and extend the equal fitness paradigm (EFP) as an important step in
developing and testing a synthetic theory of ecology and evolution based on energy and …

This well-illustrated book highlights freshwater mussels' fabulous diversity, amazing array of
often bizarre ecological adaptations, and their dire conservation plight. Summarizing and …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Reproductive Biology of Teleost Fishes is the first integrated review of the reproductive
biology of the bony fishes, which are the most species-rich and diversified group of …

The life histories of organisms can show pronounced variation in the way that the costs of
reproduction are financed. To facilitate discussions of this variation, two terms are increasing …

Scaling laws relating body mass to species characteristics are among the most universal
quantitative patterns in biology. Within major taxonomic groups, the 4 key ecological …

We revisit the empirical equation of Gislason et al.(2010, Fish and Fisheries11: 149–158) for
predicting natural mortality (M, year− 1) of marine fish. We show it to be equivalent to, where …

The term 'life-history theory'is a familiar label in several disciplines. Life-history theory has its
roots in evolutionary models of the fitness consequences of allocating energy to …

A prominent approach to scientific explanation and modeling claims that for a model to
provide an explanation it must accurately represent at least some of the actual causes in the …