The space-lifetime hypothesis: Viewing organisms in four dimensions, literally

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Ginzburg, Lev ^a   Damuth, John ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Life span; Metabolic ecology; Metabolism; Scaling

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FLY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SPIDER; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIPTERA; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POECILIA; PROTOZOA; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349119205     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523947     Document Type: Article

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