Scaling metabolism from organisms to ecosystems

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6940, 2003, Pages 639-642

  Enquist, Brian J ^a,b   Economo, Evan P ^a   Huxman, Travis E ^a   Allen, Andrew P ^c   Ignace, Danielle D ^a   Gillooly, James F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Ctr for Applied Biodiv Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; METABOLISM;

METABOLIC REACTIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY FLUX; MASS BALANCE; METABOLISM; RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; BIOSPHERE; CALCULATION; CARBON CYCLE; CELL METABOLISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ENERGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LATITUDE; NUTRIENT; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0038172447     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01671     Document Type: Article

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