Towards a Simple Index Based on Live-Weight and Biomass to Predict Assimilation in Animal Populations
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Animal Ecology
- Vol. 50 (2) , 543-561
- https://doi.org/10.2307/4073
Abstract
(1) Using published data on energy budgets a simple index is used to derive equations predicting assimilation or production in animal populations. (2) The index...This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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