The Ecological Implications of Body Size |
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| Author:
| Peters, Robert Henry |
| Contribution by:
| Birks, H. J. B.
Wiens, J. A. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Ecology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-28886-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1986 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $98.00 |
Book Description:
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Larger animals eat more, live longer, have larger offspring, but these commonplace observations are rarely seen as a basis for scientific biology. Empirically-based relationships describe body functions as simple functions of body size but these relations have never been organised for use in ecology. This book presents the largest single compilation of interspecific size relations.
Larger animals eat more, live longer, have larger offspring, but these commonplace observations are rarely seen as a basis for scientific biology. Empirically-based relationships describe body functions as simple functions of body size but these relations have never been organised for use in ecology. This book presents the largest single compilation of interspecific size relations.