Mass invariance of population nitrogen flux by terrestrial mammalian herbivores: An extension of the energetic equivalence rule

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 898-903

  Habeck, Christopher W ^a   Meehan, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body mass; Elemental equivalence; Energetic equivalence; Energy flux; Eutheria; Herbivore; Mammal; Metatheria; Nitrogen flux

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; CARBON FLUX; DATA SET; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY USE; HERBIVORE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; NITROGEN CYCLE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 49249124075     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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