Evolutionary Advantage to Short Humanoids

Fantasy tends to have several races that are shorter than humans. With Dwarves, the size is explainable by the fact that they're usually depicted as subterranean-dwelling, and height would be a disadvantage there, but what about races like goblins, halflings, hobbits, etc.? What would provide them an advantage significant enough to allow the small size trait to become fairly universal among the race, assuming that they live above-ground?

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