Size-abundance relationships in an Amazonian bird community: Implications for the energetic equivalence rule

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-283

  Russo, Sabrina E ^a   Robinson, Scott K ^a   Terborgh, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian community structure; Body mass; Energetic equivalence rule; Neotropics; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Population density

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GUILD STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; ECOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0037324019     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345938     Document Type: Article

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