Testing the allometric scaling laws

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-153

  Kaitaniemi, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allometry; Model; Parameter estimation; Regression

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; PARAMETERIZATION; REGRESSION;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BETULA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 1942485443     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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