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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Gigantism"”.
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Studies on the interactions between larval stages of digenetic flukes and their molluscan hosts
… to provide more conclusive evidence of parasitic gigantism in T.lapillus infested with P.acanthus. The energy increment and soft tissue mass increase associated with shell growth has been calculated for a sample of infested T.lapillus individuals. As reported by Cooley (1958) and Feare (1969) …
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Body Size In Antarctic And Temperate Sea Spiders: The Role Of Temperature And Oxygen
… or tropical regions, a phenomenon known as polar gigantism. While there are many potential explanations for why these animals reach such large sizes, the hypothesis that has received the most attention is the oxygen-temperature hypothesis (OTH). This hypothesis posits that polar gigantism arose …
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Ecological Assembly of Leaf-Litter Anuran Communities Across a Neotropical Land-Bridge Archipelago
… of the “Island Rule” – the trend towards insular gigantism in small species, and dwarfism in large species – contrasting with previous findings on other vertebrates. In the second chapter, I provide support for a positive relationship between the strength of anti-predator coloration, agonistic …
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Corporeal Configurations of the Heroic and the Monstrous: A Comparative Study of 'Beowulf', 'The Shahnameh' and 'Tristan'
… of similitude. Particular properties, such as ‘gigantism’, could be read as tokens of heroism and monstrosity, depending on the context. In 'Beowulf', for example, both Beowulf and Grendel stand out on account of their massive bulk, yet the former is marked as heroic; the latter, as monstrous. …