Body size, energy consumption and allometric scaling: A new dimension in the diversity-stability debate

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-175

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

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Biomass; Biosphere; Body size; Boreal forests; Disturbance; Diversity stability debate; Ecological community; Energy consumption; Fluctuations; Forest succession; Herbivores; Mammals; Metabolic rate; Population density; Primary productivity

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 4444330028     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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