The size-grain hypothesis: Do macroarthropods see a fractal world?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-282

  Kaspari, Michael ^a,b   Weiser, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Arthropods; Body size; Brown food web; Cursorial; Detritus; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTHROPOD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPLOPODA; FORMICIDAE; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOSCORPIONES;

EID: 34249797567     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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