Ecologists say metabolism accounts for why natural selection favours only some species
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 12:21
in Biology & Nature
Why are some species of plants and animals favoured by natural selection? And why does natural selection not favour other species similarly? According to a UC Riverside-led research team, the answer lies in the rate of metabolism of a species - how fast a species consumes energy, per unit mass, per unit time...