Thermal and energetic constraints on ectotherm abundance: A global test using lizards

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-55

  Buckley, Lauren B ^a,b   Rodda, Gordon H ^c   Jetz, Walter ^b  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectotherms; Energetic constraints; Energetic equivalence rule; Environmental temperature; Lizards; Metabolic theory; Population density

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECTOTHERMY; LIZARD; METABOLISM; MODEL TEST; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARDS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38949159595     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0845.1     Document Type: Article

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