Unanticipated consequences of logarithmic transformation in bivariate allometry

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 841-849

  Packard, Gary C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Logarithms; Scaling; Transformations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLON; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLON; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; RODENTIA;

METAZOA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79960606945     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0565-3     Document Type: Article

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