Changes of the power coefficient in the 'metabolism-mass' relationship in the evolutionary process of animals

BioSystems

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 65-71

  Atanasov, Atanas T ^a   Dimitrov, Borislav D ^b,c  

^a TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclicity; Evolution of animals; Relationship 'metabolism mass'; Transformations

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; EVOLUTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FISH; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; METAZOON; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTOZOON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPTILE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; AVES; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; MYTILUS; PISCES; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036627774     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(02)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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