Improved approximations to scaling relationships for species, populations, and ecosystems across latitudinal and elevational gradients

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2003.11.030MaRDI QIDQ2187589zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Van M. Savage

Publication date 3 June 2020

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.11.030

zbMATH Keywords

allometrybody temperaturecentral momentsecosystem averageslatitudinal studies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biophysics (92C05) Ecology (92D40)

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