Sentence examples for maximum body size from inspiring English sources

And the time when plants reach their maximum body size can be accurately obtained by using the BSF.

"The degrees of increase in both mean and maximum body size just aren't well explained by neutral drift," said Dr Heim.

For example, land-dwelling mammals are probably limited to a certain maximum size by the effects of gravity (which is lessened in water because of the effects of buoyancy) and insects may be limited to a maximum body size by their mostly passive respiratory systems.

EFS, a system found on the surface of bones, is thought to show a growth plateau which indicates that maximum body size and skeletal maturity is reached in an individual.

Alpine ibex reach sexual maturity at eighteen months, but females do not reach their maximum body size for five to six years, and males not for nine to eleven years.

The relatively short feeding period and available prey of small size, mostly fishes and amphibians, probably affects growth rates and reduces maximum body size [30], [73].

The other three theropods were relatively smaller, reaching maximum body sizes of about one ton in Gorgosaurus and Albertosaurus, and about 1.5 tons in Daspletosaurus.

This scenario is statistically supported by the positive correlation between the slopes and the maximum body sizes (p<0.05; Figure S1).

However, in addition to land area (as a proxy for available resources) and BMR, there is a crucial third factor in the maximum body size-land area relationship which was not discussed by Burness et al. (2001).

However, males and females achieve different maximum body sizes: a large female and a large male have different absolute body sizes, but may be the same in relative size compared to other individuals of their own sex.

When the survival cost of reproduction is accounted for, life histories evolved toward older age and larger size at maturation and larger maximum body sizes (Figs 3 and 4, Table 1).