A Macrophysiological Analysis of Energetic Constraints on Geographic Range Size in Mammals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Agosta, Salvatore J ^a   Bernardo, Joseph ^b,c   Ceballos, Gerardo ^d   Steele, Michael A ^e  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Institute   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOGRAPHIC RANGE SIZE; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT TOLERANCE; LATITUDE; MACROPHYSIOLOGY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; COLD CLIMATE; MAMMALS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84884138871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072731     Document Type: Article

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