General models for trophic fluxes in animals based on their body size

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-377

  Peters, Robert H ^a   Cabana, Gilbert ^a,b   Choulik, Oksana ^a   Cohen, Tany ^a,c   Griesbach, Sarah ^a,c   McCanny, Steve J ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c McGill Subarctic Field Station ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Defecation; Ectotherms; Endotherms; Excretion; Field metabolic rate; Growth; Ingestion

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; TROPHIC FLUX;

EID: 0030316495     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682354     Document Type: Article

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