Can metabolic traits explain animal community assembly and functioning?
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DOI: 10.1111/brv.12892
Abstract: All animals on Earth compete for free energy, which is acquired, assimilated, and ultimately allocated to growth and reproduction. Competition is strongest within communities of sympatric, ecologically similar animals of roughly equal size (i.e. horizontal… read more here.
Keywords: animal communities; ecology; assembly functioning; animal community ... See more keywords