Macroecology: More than the division of food and space among species on continents

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-138

  Smith, Felisa A ^a   Lyons, S Kathleen ^b   Ernest, S K Morgan ^c   Brown, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Body size; Metabolic theory; Palaeoecology; Range size; Species abundance; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MACROECOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 55249091598     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133308094425     Document Type: Review

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