Energy partitioning between different-sized organisms and ecosystem stability

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1811-1813

  Li, Bai Lian ^a   Gorshkov, Victor G ^b   Makarieva, Anastassia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; METABOLISM;

EID: 4444306052     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0693     Document Type: Review

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