Deviations from predictions of the metabolic theory of ecology can be explained by violations of assumptions

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3729-3738

  Cassemiro, Fernanda A S ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body size; Diversity gradients; Ectotherms; Macroecology; Spatial autocorrelation; Species richness; Stationarity; Temperature gradients

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECTOTHERMY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EQUATION; MACROECOLOGY; MAGNITUDE; METABOLISM; REACTION KINETICS; SLOPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 78650391862     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1434.1     Document Type: Article

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