Allometric scaling of maximum population density: A common rule for marine phytoplankton and terrestrial plants

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 611-613

  Belgrano, Andrea ^a   Allen, Andrew P ^a   Enquist, Brian J ^b,c   Gillooly, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Energetic equivalence; Marine phytoplankton; Metabolic scaling theory; Population abundance; Terrestrial plants

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; MACROECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0036743111     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00364.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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