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    • Metabolic Scaling
    • Population Dynamics

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    • Individual metabolism typically scales with body mass (exponent ~3/4).
    • Theoretical models predict maximum population growth rate (r_max) scales with body mass with a -1/4 exponent.
    • This prediction assumes offspring size is proportional to adult size, which is not always true.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To calculate r_max from metabolic scaling within size-structured populations, explicitly accounting for offspring size.
    • To identify general patterns of r_max scaling with adult mass based on empirical life history patterns.
    • To determine how different life history strategies influence deviations from the classic -1/4 scaling.

    Main Methods:

    • Calculated r_max based on metabolic scaling and individual life history traits.
    • Analyzed four distinct life history patterns related to somatic growth rate and offspring mass.
    • Utilized life history data from five marine taxa and terrestrial mammals.

    Main Results:

    • Identified four general patterns of r_max scaling with adult mass.
    • One pattern (constant adult-to-offspring mass ratio, constant somatic growth rate) yields the classic -1/4 scaling.
    • Three other patterns result in non-power-law scaling or scaling unrelated to metabolic rates.

    Conclusions:

    • Species groups like elasmobranchs, copepods, and mammals are predicted to follow the standard -1/4 scaling.
    • Teleost fish and bivalves are predicted to deviate from pure power-law scaling.
    • Taxa-specific life history traits significantly influence deviations from the classic metabolic scaling of r_max.