Scale-dependent patterns in body size distributions of neotropical mammals

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3530-3547

  Bakker, V J ^a   Kelt, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreality; Body size; Foraging strata; Habitat complexity; Latitudinal gradient; Macroecology; Neotropical mammals; Neotropics; Spatial scaling; Species richness; Tropical rain forests; Tropical vs. temperate

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034503203     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[3530:SDPIBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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