Energy and the scaling of animal space use

American Naturalist

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 196-211

  Tamburello, Natascia ^a   Côté, Isabelle M ^a   Dulvy, Nicholas K ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Home range; Metabolic theory; Prey handling; Prey size; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIRD; BODY SIZE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY; FISH; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MODEL TEST; MOVEMENT; PHYLOGENY; PREY SIZE; RANGE SIZE; REPTILE; SPACE USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84937880520     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: 15375323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/682070     Document Type: Article

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