A dynamic explanation of size-density scaling in carnivores

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 470-476

  DeLong, John P ^a   Vasseur, David A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Allometry; Carnivores; Consumer resource models; Macroecology; Population dynamics; Scaling; Size density relationships

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SLOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84860260498     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1138.1     Document Type: Article

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