Metabolic Ecology: A Scaling Approach

by Richard M. Sibly

Book Overview

Metabolic 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. Ecological interactions are exchanges of energy and materials between organisms and their environments. Therefore, metabolic rate affects ecological processes at all levels: individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470671521
• ISBN13: 9780470671528
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.7"