Mass‐independent maximal metabolic rate predicts geographic range size of placental mammals

M.B.A. is funded through the NICHE project (CGL2011‐26852) of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), the Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair and the Danish NSF. M.B.A. acknowledges support from FCT project PTDC/AAG‐MAA/3764/2014.