The starvation-predation trade-off predicts trends in body size, muscularity, and adiposity between and within Taxa

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-350

  Higginson, Andrew D ^a   Mcnamara, John M ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body composition; Competition; Energy balance; Lipid; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIPID; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; PREDATION RISK; PREDICTION; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857021161     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664457     Document Type: Article

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