Global diversity and body size
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Trophic strategies , animal diversity and body size Kevin
Although reproduction is the overriding theme of the drama of life, feeding and being fed on, are the key subplots. For this reason, ecologists and evolutionary biologists are well aware of the importance of predation and are increasingly considering the role of parasitism in the control of populations and the structure of communities. A barrier to fully incorporating concepts about parasitism ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/383133a0