A macroevolutionary explanation for energy equivalence in the scaling of body size and population density

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 621-631

  Damuth, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Ecological allometry; Energetic equivalence; Macroecology; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENERGY FLOW; EVOLUTION; MODELING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE USE; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247492096     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513495     Document Type: Article

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