The species-energy theory: A role for energy variability

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 942-948

  Carrara, Rodolfo ^a,b   Vázquez, Diego P ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77958085771     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05756.x     Document Type: Article

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