Latitudinal variation in lifespan within species is explained by the metabolic theory of ecology

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 13860-13864

  Munch, Stephan B ^a   Salinas, Santiago ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectotherms; Intraspecific; Longevity; MTE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LATITUDE; LIFESPAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 69549108679     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900300106     Document Type: Article

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