Evolving ecological networks and the emergence of biodiversity patterns across temperature gradients

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1731, 2012, Pages 1051-1060

  Stegen, James C ^a,b   Ferriere, Regis ^a,c   Enquist, Brian J ^a,d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Body size evolution; Community assembly; Evolutionary speed; Food web; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSEMBLY RULE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECTOTHERMY; FACILITATION; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIBILITY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84856795787     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1733     Document Type: Article

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