Phylogeny, scaling, and the generation of extreme forces ...
To predict values for maximum force perpendicular to the jaw surface across a range of ant sizes based solely on scaling relationships, we parameterized Eqn. 2 using the scaling equations for jaw length and jaw mass (Eqn. 3a, 3b and Eqn. 4a, 4b, see Results section) and angular acceleration, as functions of head width (Eqn. 6a, 6b). This curve was also parameterized with .