The scaling of abundance in consumers and their resources: Implications for the energy equivalence rule

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 479-484

  Carbone, Chris ^a   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a   Isaac, Nick J B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Diet; Energy equivalence rule; Population density

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DIET; METABOLISM; POPULATION DENSITY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548181303     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519858     Document Type: Review

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