Species-energy relationships at the macroecological scale: A review of the mechanisms

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Evans, Karl L ^a   Warren, Philip H ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer pressure; Diversification rate; Dynamic equilibrium; Extinction; Niche breadth; Niche position; Predation; Range limitation; Sampling; Specialisation; Speciation; Species richness; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONSUMER; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ENERGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXONOMY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13444263321     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793104006517     Document Type: Review

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