Size may not matter when estimating community energy use
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 07:01
in Biology & Nature
Ecologists often want to understand how a community functions. For example, how much food does a community of animals consume every day? Or how much oxygen do plants produce every day? These functions are often assessed by measuring the energy use (or metabolism) of a community, and it is typically thought that energy use is closely related to the size of the organism.