Ecology's Big, Hot Idea
Open Access
- 14 December 2004
- journal article
- other
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 2 (12) , e440
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020440
Abstract
Can the emerging field of metabolic ecology explain all life's patterns in one unifying theory, from the metabolic rate of a shark to why biodiversity peaks at the equator?Keywords
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