A geometry of regulatory scaling

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 681-693

  Cheng, Ken ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^b   Raubenheimer, David ^c,d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cost; Euclidean metric; Geometric framework; Nutrition; Operant conditioning; Regulation

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONING; DIET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOMETRY; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHICKEN; DEMOGRAPHY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPER; HUMAN; MINK; NUTRITION; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPERS; HUMANS; MINK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RATS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 54349100768     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591686     Document Type: Article

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