Linking community size structure and ecosystem functioning using metabolic theory

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1605, 2012, Pages 2998-3007

  Yvon Durocher, Gabriel ^a,b   Allen, Andrew P ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Climate change; Ecosystem functioning; Global warming; Metabolic theory; Size structure

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; METABOLISM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SIZE STRUCTURE; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84866621698     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0246     Document Type: Article

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