Interspecific allometries are by-products of body size optimization

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 352-380

  Kozłowski, Jan ^a   Weiner, January ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0030618149     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285994     Document Type: Article

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