Biochemical universality of living matter and its metabolic implications

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-557

  Makarieva, A M ^a,b   Gorshkov, V G ^a   Li, B L ^a,b  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body mass; Endotherms; Mass specific metabolic rate; Unicells

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 26944444025     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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