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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 4-6Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.10.012
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Cope's Rule is the tendency for organisms in evolving lineages to increase in size over time. The concept is detailed in many textbooks, but has rarely been demonstrated. Many suggestions of the benefits of large body size exist, but none has yet been confirmed empirically. Using a large-scale analysis of recent studies, Kingsolver and Pfennig have now shown how size benefits survival, mating success and fecundity, and they provide convincing arguments for a mechanism that is capable of driving Cope's Rule.
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