Energy limits to body size in a grazing reptile, the Galapagos marine iguana

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2204-2217

  Wikelski, Martin ^a,b,c   Carrillo, Victor ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Body size; Energy limitation; Foraging; Galapagos; Grazing succession; Herbivores; Island populations; Marine iguanas; Primary productivity; Reptiles; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS;

BODY SIZE; ENERGY LIMITATION; GALAPAGOS MARINE IGUANA; HERBIVORE;

PACIFIC, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

EID: 0031284560     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2204:ELTBSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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