Universal scaling of production rates across mammalian lineages

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1705, 2011, Pages 560-566

  Hamilton, Marcus J ^a,b   Davidson, Ana D ^a,c   Sibly, Richard M ^d   Brown, James H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life history; Marsupial; Metabolic ecology; Monotreme; Placental; Production

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA;

EID: 79551631511     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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