Allometry between leg and body length of insects: Lack of support for the size-grain hypothesis

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 718-724

  Teuscher, Miriam ^a   BrÄndle, Martin ^a   Traxel, Verena ^a   Brandl, Roland ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Insects; Leg length; Scaling; Size grain hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH; INSECT; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; LIFESTYLE; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENY; SCALE EFFECT; SIZE STRUCTURE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; CARABIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; ODONATA; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 70449431359     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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