Can the evolutionary-rates hypothesis explain species-energy relationships?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 899-915

  Evans, K L ^a   Gaston, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generation time; Metabolic rate; Mutation; Productivity; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MUTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33646235149     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01046.x     Document Type: Review

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