Life histories and Cope's rule from an explicit resource-consumer model based on metabolic theory

► Consequences of metabolic theory and resource dynamics on life history traits. ► Individual-based model using allometric scaling of metabolic rates with body mass. ► Individuals using more faster growing resources have shorter lifespans. ► Adult body mass increases unlimited resembling Copes rule. ► Other factors than allometric scaling keep the evolution of body mass in limits.