Density-dependent energy use contributes to the self-thinning relationship of cohorts

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 331-343

  Smith, James A ^a,b   Baumgartner, Lee J ^c   Suthers, Iain M ^a   Fielder, D Stewart ^c   Taylor, Matthew D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energetic equivalence; Food limitation; Intraspecific competition; Metabolic scaling; Self thinning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; FOOD LIMITATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SELF THINNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84874630957     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669146     Document Type: Article

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