Euclidean geometry explains why lengths allow precise body mass estimates in terrestrial invertebrates: The case of oribatid mites

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 436-440

  Caruso, T ^a   Migliorini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Density; Indirect estimate; Scaling; Soil invertebrates; Volume; Weight

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MITE; POWER LAW; SOIL FAUNA; WEIGHT;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; INVERTEBRATE; MITE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; MITES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 58149117562     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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