Effects of body size and temperature on population growth

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 429-441

  Savage, Van M ^a,b   Gillooly, James F ^c   Brown, James H ^a,c   West, Geoffrey B ^a,b   Charnov, Eric L ^c  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Body size; Carrying capacity; Population dynamics; Population growth; rmax; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CARRYING CAPACITY; MALTHUSIAN THEORY; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERTILITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERTILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; PROTISTA;

EID: 1642300611     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381872     Document Type: Article

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