The mechanistic basis of the metabolic theory of ecology

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1073-1077

  Allen, Andrew P ^a   Gillooly, James F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b Univ of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GROWTH; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 34248403633     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.16079.x     Document Type: Review

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