Growth autocorrelation and animal size variation

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-113

  Fujiwara, Masami ^a   Kendall, Bruce E ^a   Nisbet, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Dynamic energy budget; Energy reserves; Fluctuating food; Growth autocorrelation; Low pass filter; Pink noise; Size variability; Stochastic growth model

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1342290773     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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