Advancing the metabolic theory of biodiversity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1001-1015

  Stegen, James C ^a,b   Enquist, Brian J ^a   Ferriere, Regis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Body size; Community assembly; Diversification; Eco evolutionary feedbacks; Food webs; Interaction networks; Metabolism; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; EXTINCTION; FOOD WEB; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NICHE BREADTH; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SPECIATION; METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349116378     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01358.x     Document Type: Review

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