Metabolic Ecology:A Scaling Approach

Sibly, Richard M., Brown, James H. and Kodric-Brown, Astrid, eds. (2012) Metabolic Ecology:A Scaling Approach. Wiley, Chichester, UK. ISBN 9780470671535

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Abstract

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. Ecological interactions are exchanges of energy and materials between organisms and their environments. So metabolic rate affects ecological processes at all levels: individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems. Each chapter focuses on a different process, level of organization, or kind of organism. It lays a conceptual foundation and presents empirical examples. Together, the chapters provide an integrated framework that holds the promise for a unified theory of ecology.

Item Type:	Book
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	24 Oct 2013 21:46
Last Modified:	30 Sep 2021 00:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43852
DOI:	10.1002/9781119968535

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