Size and form in efficient transportation networks

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6732, 1999, Pages 130-132

  Banavar, Jayanth R ^a   Maritan, Amos ^b,c   Rinaldo, Andrea ^d,e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BODY CONSTITUTION; METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033551368     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20144     Document Type: Article

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