Quantum statistics and allometric scaling of organisms

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 322, Issue , 2003, Pages 477-490

  Demetrius, Lloyd ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric relations; Metabolic rate; Quantum statistics

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; METABOLISM;

QUANTUM STATISTICS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0037404362     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(03)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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