Ecosystem ecology: Size-based constraints on the pyramids of life

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 423-431

  Trebilco, Rowan ^a   Baum, Julia K ^b   Salomon, Anne K ^a   Dulvy, Nicholas K ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass pyramid; Body size distribution; Ecological baselines; Macroecology; Metabolic theory of ecology; Omnivory; Ontogenetic diet shift; Size spectra; Trophic pyramid; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIETARY SHIFT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENERGY FLOW; EXPLOITATION; MACROECOLOGY; METABOLISM; OMNIVORY; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TURNOVER;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879463227     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.03.008     Document Type: Review

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