The size-grain hypothesis and interspecific scaling in ants

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 530-538

  Kaspari, M ^a   Weiser, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Cursorial; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCOMOTION;

EID: 0032842936     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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