Body Size in Mammalian Paleobiology

By DamuthMacfadden. 2005

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Quaternary small to large canids in Europe: Taxonomic status and biochronological contribution (2011, background): “There is a wide scientific interest in the study of body size, which emphasized the correlation of size and mass of an organism with biological (metabolism, physiology) and ecological (home range, density) variables and behavioral adaptations (e.g., Peters, 1983; Calder, 1984; Schmidt-Nielsen, 1984;”
The fast life of a dwarfed giant (2003, background): “The allometric approach is widely accepted by the majority of paleobiologists (e.g. Damuth and MacFadden, 1990) and will not be discussed further here.”
Reconstructing Body Size in Extinct Crown Cetacea (Neoceti) Using Allometry, Phylogenetic Methods and Tests from the Fossil Record (2011, methodology): “…study of body size and scaling in comparative biology has emerged as a coherent line of investigation that impacts community ecology, biomechanics, physiology, functional morphology, and paleobiology (LaBarbera 1989; Damuth and MacFadden 1990; Brown 1995; Thomason 1997; Currey 2004; Bonner 2006).”