Scaling of population density on body mass and a number-size trade-off

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 544-556

  Polishchuk, Leonard V ^a,b   Tseitlin, Vadim B ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENERGETICS; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; TRADE-OFF;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032828761     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546659     Document Type: Article

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