IS MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE-YIELD INDEPENDENT OF BODY SIZE FOR MAMMALS (AND OTHERS)

Authors
CHARNOV EL
Citation
El. Charnov, IS MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE-YIELD INDEPENDENT OF BODY SIZE FOR MAMMALS (AND OTHERS), Evolutionary ecology, 7(3), 1993, pp. 309-311
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Evolutionary ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02697653
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
309 - 311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-7653(1993)7:3<309:IMSIOB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Provided carrying capacity (K) for non-primate mammals scales with the -0.75 power of adult body weight (W), MSY (in weight) should be appro ximately one-sixth of C, where C is defined by K = CW-0.75.