Bioenergetic Constraints on Primate Abundance

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-133

  Raichlen, David A ^a   Gordon, Adam D ^b   Sechrest, Wes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Global Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Basal metabolic rate; Energetics; Energy equivalence rule; Population density; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79251647113     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9442-2     Document Type: Article

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