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The extreme sizes dominate life across the biosphere.

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Sylvia Heredia

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La nature privilégie les organismes de très petite et de très grande taille

McGill University

Journal
PLOS One
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0283020

Keywords

  • /Life sciences/Organismal biology/Morphology/Body size
  • /Life sciences/Microbiology/Bacteriology/Bacterial species
  • /Life sciences/Ecology/Evolutionary ecology
  • /Space sciences/Planetary science/Planetary systems/Solar system/Solar terrestrial planets/Planet Earth
  • /Life sciences/Organismal biology/Animals/Vertebrates/Fish/Marine fishes
  • /Life sciences/Microbiology/Microbial ecology
  • /Life sciences/Microbiology/Microbial evolution
  • /Physical sciences/Earth sciences/Climatology/Climate change/Climate change effects
  • /Life sciences/Organismal biology/Mycology/Fungi
  • /Life sciences/Organismal biology/Marine biology/Marine life/Coral

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https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/nature-favours-creatures-largest-and-smallest-sizes-348260




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