Linking global patterns in biodiversity to evolutionary dynamics using metabolic theory

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1890-1894

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

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; THEORY;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35148842596     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1935.1     Document Type: Review

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