Metabolic ecology: a scaling approach
Éditeur :
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN :
9780470671528
Date de publication :
10 avr. 2012
Dimensions :
24,6 x 18,9 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
846 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
One of the first textbooks in this emerging important field of ecology. Most of ecology is about metabolism: the ways that organisms use energy and materials. The energy requirements of individuals their metabolic rates vary predictably with their body size and temperature.