Phylogenetic grouping, curvature and metabolic scaling in terrestrial invertebrates

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 993-1000

  Ehnes, Roswitha B ^a   Rall, Björn C ^a   Brose, Ulrich ^a  

^a JF Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass; Curvature; Invertebrate; Metabolic rate; MTE; Phylogenetic group; Polynomial; Respiration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CURVATURE; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENETICS; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052797540     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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