Relationships between body size and abundance in ecology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 323-330

  White, Ethan P ^a,b   Ernest, S K Morgan ^a   Kerkhoff, Andrew J ^c   Enquist, Brian J ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 34247506572     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.03.007     Document Type: Review

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