On the relationship between trophic position, body mass and temperature: Reformulating the energy limitation hypothesis

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1524-1530

  Arim, Matías ^a,b   Bozinovic, Francisco ^b   A Marquet, Pablo ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC STATUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548030664     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15768.x     Document Type: Article

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