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.