Allometry and growth: A unified view

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 391, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4302-4307

  De Martino, S ^a,b   De Siena, S ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^c CNR INFM SPIN   (Italy)

^d CNISM Unità di Salerno   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allometry; Coherence; Gompertz map; Growth

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; GROWTH (MATERIALS); PHYSICS;

ALLOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP; ALLOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; LIVING SYSTEMS; SCALING EXPONENT; SCALING RELATIONS; SELF-SIMILARITIES;

BIOLOGY;

EID: 84861862712     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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