ECOLOGY: Invariants, Scaling Laws, and Ecological Complexity
作者： P. A. Marquet
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.289.5484.1487
关键词: Perspective (graphical) 、 Scaling law 、 Body size 、 Ecological complexity 、 Mathematics 、 Mathematical economics 、 Population 、 Multidisciplinary
摘要: There has been much debate about scaling laws in nature. It is believed that as body size increases the number of individuals population decreases. As Marquet explains his Perspective, an elegant new study two totally separate stream communities ( Schmid et al.) confirms this law holds across more than 400 species invertebrates.
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