The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-282

  Savage, V M ^a,b   Gillooly, J F ^c   Woodruff, W H ^a,b   West, G B ^a,b   Allen, A P ^c   Enquist, B J ^d   Brown, J H ^a,c  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Metabolic rates; Physiological times; Quarter power scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; METABOLISM; SCALE EFFECT;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PROTISTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642368948     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00856.x     Document Type: Review

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