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ArticlePeerJ2025

Body size prediction in scorpions: a phylogenetic comparative examination of linear measurements of individual body parts.

Stênio Í A Foerster

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Article in PeerJ, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

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Stênio Í A FoersterDepartment of Zoology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0001-9639-9009

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Body size has always been the focus of several ecological studies due to its undeniable influence on other life-history traits. The conventional representation of body size in arthropods typically relies on linear measures, such as total body length, or the length of specific body parts that can be used to represent body size. While these measures offer simplicity over more complicated alternatives (

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Body SizePhylogenyScorpionsAnimalsBayes TheoremFemaleLinear ModelsMaleAllometryArachnidaArthropodaBody sizePhylogenyScorpionsSize prediction

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PMID39834793
PMCPMC11745135

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