Reconciling theories for metabolic scaling

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-29

  Maino, James L ^a   Kearney, Michael R ^a   Nisbet, Roger M ^b   Kooijman, Sebastiaan A L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size scaling; Dynamic energy budget; Kleiber's law; Life history; Metabolic theory of ecology; Nutrient supply network model; Nutrient transport

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENERGY BUDGET; LIFE HISTORY; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

MAMMALIA;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY-SIZE SCALING; DYNAMIC ENERGY BUDGET; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; KLEIBER'S LAW; LIFE HISTORY; METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY; NUTRIENT SUPPLY NETWORK MODEL; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLOMETRY; BODY-SIZE SCALING; DYNAMIC ENERGY BUDGET; KLEIBER'S LAW; LIFE HISTORY; METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY; NUTRIENT SUPPLY NETWORK MODEL; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 84890796015     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12085     Document Type: Article

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