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A paradox in individual-based models of populations

The standard dynamic energy budget model is widely used to describe the physiology of individual animals. It assumes that assimilation rate scales with body surface area, whereas maintenance rate scales with body volume. When the model is used as the building block of a population model, only limite...

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Autor principal: van der Meer, Jaap
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27413533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cow023