Physiology (communication arising (reply)): Why does metabolic rate scale with body size?/Allometric cascades

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6924, 2003, Pages 714-

  Darveau, Charles A ^a   Suarez, Raul K ^b   Andrews, Russel D ^c   Hochachka, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 21244505593     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/421714a     Document Type: Article

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