Density-dependent invariance, dimensionless life histories and the energy-equivalence rule

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-124

  Charnov, Eric L ^a   Haskell, John ^a   Ernest, S K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Density independence; Juvenile survival; Macroecology; Mammals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000424845     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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