The origin of universal scaling laws in biology

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 104-113

  West, Geoffrey B ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000847679     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00639-6     Document Type: Article

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