Increased energy promotes size-based niche availability in marine mollusks

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2204-2215

  McClain, Craig R ^a   Gullett, Taylor ^a   Jackson Ricketts, Justine ^a,b   Unmack, Peter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphological evolution; Variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BODY SIZE; ENERGY BUDGET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOBILITY; NICHE BREADTH; PHYLOGENETICS; SHELLFISH; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; BODY SIZE; CANADA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY INTAKE; GASTROPODA; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMNIOTA; ANIMALIA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84863447369     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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