Thermodynamic and metabolic effects on the scaling of production and population energy use

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 990-995

  Morgan Ernest, S K ^a   Enquist, Brian J ^b   Brown, James H ^a   Charnov, Eric L ^a   Gillooly, James F ^a   Savage, Van M ^c,d   White, Ethan P ^a   Smith, Felisa A ^a   Hadly, Elizabeth A ^e   Haskell, John P ^f   Lyons, S Kathleen ^a   Maurer, Brian A ^g   Niklas, Karl J ^h   Tiffney, Bruce ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Annual biomass production; Cross taxonomic comparison; Energy use; Macroecology; Metabolism; Scaling; Trophic energy transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENERGY USE; MACROECOLOGY; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0242424111     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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