Metabolic ecology: Linking individuals to ecosystems

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1794-1796

  Marquet, Pablo A ^a   Labra, Fabio A ^a   Maurer, Brian A ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM;

EID: 4444282862     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0694     Document Type: Review

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