Physiology: Why does metabolic rate scale with body size?

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6924, 2003, Pages 713-

  West, Geoffrey B ^a,b   Savage, Van M ^a,b   Gillooly, James ^c   Enquist, Brian J ^d   Woodruff, William H ^a,b   Brown, James H ^b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037434713     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/421713a     Document Type: Article

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