Body mass as a predictive variable of home-range size among Italian mammals and birds

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-330

  Ottaviani, D ^a   Cairns, S C ^b   Oliverio, M ^a   Boitani, L ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometric relationships; Home range size; Implications of body size; Phylogenetic independent contrasts

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIRD; BODY MASS; DIET; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; RANGE SIZE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745097148     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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