An information-theoretic approach to evaluating the size and temperature dependence of metabolic rate

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1742, 2012, Pages 3616-3621

  White, Craig R ^a   Frappell, Peter B ^b   Chown, Steven L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allometry; Metabolic rate; Metabolic theory; Scaling; Universal temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; KINETICS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROKARYOTE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84864345372     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0884     Document Type: Article

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