A note on metabolic rate dependence on body size in plants and animals

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-307

  Makarieva, Anastassia M ^a   Gorshkov, Victor G ^a   Li, Bai Lian ^b  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037459255     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2003.3185     Document Type: Editorial

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