Allometric cascade as a unifying principle of body mass effects on metabolism

Nature

Volumn 417, Issue 6885, 2002, Pages 166-170

  Darveau, Charles A ^a   Suarez, Raul K ^b   Andrews, Russel D ^a   Hochachka, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY;

ALLOMETRY;

METABOLISM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

METABOLISM;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037046563     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/417166a     Document Type: Article

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