Effects of body size and lifestyle on evolution of mammal life histories

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 17707-17712

  Sibly, Richard M ^a,b   Brown, James H ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Fast slow; Metabolic ecology; Production rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORE; INSECTIVORE; LIFESTYLE; MAMMAL; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIFE STYLE; MAMMALS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TIME;

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; ELEPHANTIDAE; EUTHERIA; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 36749008546     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0707725104     Document Type: Article

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