Energetic constraints and the relationship between body size and home range area in mammals

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 337-340

  Kelt, Douglas A ^a   Van Vuren, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Energetic constraints; Home range area; Mammals; Optimal body size

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENERGETICS; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032897725     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0337:ECATRB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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