The species-body size distribution: Energy, fitness and optimality

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 365-375

  Chown, S L ^a   Gaston, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy partitioning; Mammal assemblages; Physiological constraints

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; LIFE HISTORY MODEL; RESOURCE ACQUISITION; SPECIES-BODY SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030617616     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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