Scaling metabolic rate with body mass and inverse body temperature: A test of the Arrhenius fractal supply model

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-244

  Downs, C J ^a   Hayes, J P ^a   Tracy, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Allometry; Oxygen consumption; Power laws; Q10

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POWER LAW;

EID: 40949099605     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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