Uncertainty in allometric exponent estimation: A case study in scaling metabolic rate with body mass

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 168-177

  Hui, Dafeng ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Measurement error; Metabolic rate; Regression analysis; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; REGRESSION; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; DATA ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING ERROR; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNCERTAINTY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 35148840565     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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