Phylogeny, regression, and the allometry of physiological traits

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-442

  O'Connor, Michael P ^a   Agosta, Salvatore J ^b   Hansen, Frank ^b   Kemp, Stanley J ^b,d   Sieg, Annette E ^a   McNair, James N ^c   Dunham, Arthur E ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Phylogeny; Regression

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AUTOCORRELATION; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548151291     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519459     Document Type: Article

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