Problems of allometric scaling analysis: Examples from mammalian reproductive biology

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1731-1747

  Martin, Robert D ^a   Genoud, Michel ^b   Hemelrijk, Charlotte K ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Best fit lines; Brain size; Gestation period; Grade shift; Maternal energy hypothesis; Metabolic scaling; Neonatal body mass; Non parametric line fitting; Outliers; Phylogenetic inertia

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 18944385832     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01566     Document Type: Review

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