General models for the spectra of surface area scaling strategies of cells and organisms: Fractality, geometric dissimilitude, and internalization

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 421-439

  Okie, Jordan G ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling theory; Body shape; Cell size; Fractal geometry; Morphology; Surface area to volume ratio

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POWER LAW; SURFACE AREA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SURFACE; CELL SIZE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SURFACE AREA; CELL SIZE; CELLS; FRACTALS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84874633690     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669150     Document Type: Article

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