Size dependence of biomass spectra and population density. I. The effects of size scales and size intervals

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-265

  Han, Bo Ping ^a,b   Straškraba, Milan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS SPECTRUM; BODY SIZE; SCALE;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0032492637     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0574     Document Type: Article

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