Energetic and biomechanical constraints on animal migration distance

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 104-110

  Hein, Andrew M ^a   Hou, Chen ^a,b,c   Gillooly, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomechanics; Dispersal; Ecomechanics; Ecophysiology; Energetics; Migration; Movement ecology; Scaling; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; VERTEBRATE; WALKING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BODY SIZE; FISH; FLYING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; STATISTICS; SWIMMING; WALKING;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; FISHES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84855465684     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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