2001
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-71082001000100002
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Is the relationship between population density and body size consistent across independent studies? A meta-analytical approach

Abstract: The Energetic Equivalence Rule (EER) is a controversial issue in ecology. This rule states that the amount of energy that each species uses per unit of area is independent of its body size. Here, we perform a meta-analytical procedure to combine and compare the slopes of population density and body size relationships across independent studies of mammals and birds. We then compared a distribution of 50,000 bootstrap combined slopes with the expected slope (b = -0.75) under the EER. The combined slopes obtained… Show more

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“…One of the interespecific patterns most reported is the relationship between abundance and body size (Blackburn et al, 1996). Bini et al (2001) performed a meta-analytical procedure to combine and compare the slopes of population density and body size relationships across independent studies of mammals and birds and concluded that questions regarding the estimation and validity of slopes is the next challenge of density-body size relationship studies. Patterns in parasite communities are commonly detected using only numerical descriptors, which may not hold when parasite mass is used (Muñoz and George-Nascimento, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One of the interespecific patterns most reported is the relationship between abundance and body size (Blackburn et al, 1996). Bini et al (2001) performed a meta-analytical procedure to combine and compare the slopes of population density and body size relationships across independent studies of mammals and birds and concluded that questions regarding the estimation and validity of slopes is the next challenge of density-body size relationship studies. Patterns in parasite communities are commonly detected using only numerical descriptors, which may not hold when parasite mass is used (Muñoz and George-Nascimento, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A EER tem sido testada considerando diferentes grupos animais, entre os quais aves (Blackburn et al, 1990;Russo et al, 2003), mamíferos (Damuth, 1981;Bini et al, 2001), anfíbios (Diniz-Filho et al, 2004) e invertebrados (Blackburn et al, 1990;Blackburn et al, 1993;Kluger & McGain, 2000). No entanto, os resultados sobre está relação divergem consideravelmente, por exemplo, Marquet et al (1990) estudando comunidades de costões rochosos, encontraram uma inclinação de -0.77, a qual não diferiu estatisticamente de -0,75.…”
Section: Relação Tamanho Corpóreo X Abundânciaunclassified
“…Por outro lado, apesar da maior parte dos trabalhos considerando escalas maiores mostrarem uma relação linear negativa entre o tamanho corpóreo e a abundância, as inclinações podem ser bastante variáveis (Blackburn & Gaston, 1997). Essa variação foi observada entre diferentes grupos taxonômicos (Bini et al, 2001;Cyr et al, 1997), entre a biota de diferentes sistemas (Cyr et al, 1997), entre diferentes guildas (Russo et al, 2003) e em cenários considerando diferentes interações bióticas (Loeulli & Loreau, 2006). Adicionalmente, alguns trabalhos também demonstraram que a relação predita pela EER pode ser dependente do tipo de amostragem (Aneberg & Andersen, 2003;Vargas et al, 2009) e da escala considerada (Blackburn & Gaston, 1997).…”
Section: Relação Tamanho Corpóreo X Abundânciaunclassified
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