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Scaling of insect metabolic rate is inconsistent with the nutrient supply network model |
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| Authors: | S L CHOWN† E MARAIS J S TERBLANCHE C J KLOK J R B LIGHTON‡§ T M BLACKBURN¶ |
| Institution: | Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;;Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA;;Sable Systems International, 7231 S Eastern Avenue B199, Las Vegas, NV 89119, USA;and;School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK |
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| Keywords: | insects intraspecific scaling interspecific scaling metabolic rate metabolic theory of ecology |