Assembly of local communities: Consequences of an optimal body size for the organization of competitively structured communities

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-37

  Kelt, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Community assembly; Competitive assembly; Mammals; Optimal body size; Potential energetic fitness; Reproductive power

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MAMMAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030867935     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0142     Document Type: Article

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