Animal Body Size: Linking Pattern and Process Across Space, Time, and Taxonomic Group

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: On Being the Right Size: The Importance of Size in Life History, Ecology, and Evolution, Felisa A. Smith and S. Kathleen Lyons
Part 1: Body Size Patterns across Space and Time
	Chapter One: Macroecological Patterns in Insect Body Size, Kevin J. Gaston and Steven L. Chown
	Chapter Two: Latitudinal Variation of Body Size in Land Snail Populations and Communities, Jeffrey C. Nekola, Gary M. Barker, Robert A. D. Cameron, and Beata M. Pokryszko
	Chapter Three: Geographic Variation in Body Size Distributions of Continental Avifuana, Brian A. Maurer
	Chapter Four: Evolution of Body Size in Bats, Kamran Safi, Shai Meiri, and Kate E. Jones
	Chapter Five: Macroecological Patterns of Body Size in Mammals across Time and Space, S. Kathleen Lyons and Felisa A. Smith
Part II: Mechanisms and Consequences Underlying Body Size Distributional Patterns
	Chapter Six: Using Size Distributions to Understand the Role of Body Size in Mammalian Community Assembly, S.K. Morgan Ernest
	Chapter Seven: Processes Responsible for Patterns in Body Mass Distributions, Brian A. Maurer and Pablo A. Marquet
	Chapter Eight: The Influence of Flight on Patterns of Body Size Diversity and Heritability, Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, Kate E. Jones, Brian A. Maurer, and James H. Brown
	Chapter Nine: On Body Size and Life History of Mammals, James H. Brown, Astrid Kodric-Brown, and Richard M. Sibly
	Conclusion: The Way Forward, Felisa A. Smith and S. Kathleen Lyons
Contributors
Index