Resolving the roles of body size and species identity in driving functional diversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1781, 2014, Pages

  Rudolf, Volker H W ^a   Rasmussen, Nick L ^a   Dibble, Christopher J ^a   Van Allen, Benjamin G ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Food web; Functional diversity; Ontogenetic niche shift; Size spectra; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; DRAGONFLY; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LARVA; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ADAPTATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXITY; CONSTRAINT; EVOLUTION; FIN (ORGAN); FISH; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION; COMPLEXITY; CONSTRAINT; CONVERGENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FISHES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84902668704     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3203     Document Type: Article

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