Evidence against universal metabolic allometry

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 184-187

  Bokma, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body size; Metabolic rate; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; METABOLISM;

EID: 1942486904     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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