The Ecological Implications of Body Size
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Ecology Series)
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It is generally recognized that larger animals eat more, live longer, have larger offspring, and so on; but it is unusual to see these commonplace observations as a basis for scientific biology. A large number of empirically based relationships describe biological rates as simple functions of body size; and other such relations predict the intrinsic rate of population growth, animal speed, animal density, territory size, prey size, physiology, and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:052128886X
ISBN13:9780521288866
Release Date:March 1986
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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