Ecologists Say Metabolism Accounts For Why Natural Selection Favors Only Some Species

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:21 in Biology & Nature

Why are some species of plants and animals favored by natural selection? And why does natural selection not favor other species similarly? According to a new study, the answer lies in the rate of metabolism of a species - how fast a species consumes energy, per unit mass, per unit time.

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