The scaling of maximum and basal metabolic rates of mammals and birds

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 359, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 547-554

  Barbosa, Lauro A ^a   Garcia, Guilherme J M ^a   Da Silva, Jafferson K L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allometry; Metabolism; Transportation networks; WBE model

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ALLOMETRY; MAMMALS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS; WBE MODELS;

METABOLISM;

EID: 27344456831     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.06.050     Document Type: Article

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