body size

Determinants of Home Range Size for Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus)

Authors

SH Ferguson, MK Taylor, EW Born, A Rosing-Asvid, F Messier

1999

Publication/Journal

Ecology Letters

Keywords

allometry, arctic, body size, home range, polar bears, predictability, sea ice, seasonality, ursus maritimus, variation

A case of non-scaling in mammalian physiology? Body size, digestive capacity, food intake, and ingesta passage in mammalian herbivores☆

Authors

M Clauss, A Schwarm, S Ortmann, WJ Streich, J Hummel

2007

Publication/Journal

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Keywords

herbivory, digestive physiology, digestive anatomy, body size, ingesta retention, coprophagy, grazer, browser, foregut fermenter, ruminant, hindgut fermenter

Body temperature and thermoregulation of Komodo dragons in the field

Authors

HJ Harlow, D Purwandana, TS Jessop, JA Phillips

2010

Publication/Journal

Journal of Thermal Biology

Keywords

komodo dragon, reptiles, thermoregulation, body temperature, body size

Agonistic Behavior in Freshwater Crayfish The Influence of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors on Aggressive Encounters and Dominance

Authors

PA Moore, J. Emmett Duffy, Martin Thiel

2007

Publication/Journal

Evolutionary Ecology of Social and Sexual Systems: Crustaceans as Model Organisms

Keywords

aggression, fighting, body size, chela size, dominance, extrinsic factors, intrinsic factors

Relations between captive and noncaptive weights in anthropoid primates

Authors

1994

Publication/Journal

Zoo Biology

Keywords

body size, monkeys and apes, growth

The Relationship between Popularity and Body Size in Zoo Animals

Authors

PI Ward, N Mosberger, C Kistler, O Fischer

1998

Publication/Journal

Conservation Biology

Keywords

zoo, body size, animal size, zoo animals, visitors, preference, popularity, exhibits, breeding

Maternal effects and the endocrine regulation of mandrill growth

Authors

RM Bernstein, JM Setchell, D Verrier, LA Knapp

2012

Publication/Journal

American Journal of Primatology

Keywords

mandrills, hormones, body size, maternal effects, growth

Feeding and Resting Postures of Wild Northern Muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)

Authors

MF Iurck, MG Nowak, LC Costa, SL Mendes, SM Ford, KB Strier

2013

Publication/Journal

American Journal of Primatology

Keywords

body size, posture, tail-suspension, substrate use, terminal canopy

Effect of egg predator on nest choice and nest construction in sand gobies

Authors

TK Lehtonen, K Lindström, BB Wong

2013

Publication/Journal

Animal Behaviour

Keywords

body size, egg predation, nest building, nest choice, parental care, pomatoschistus minutus, predation threat, predator–prey interaction, reproduction cost, sexual selection