Body shape shifting during growth permits tests that distinguish between competing geometric theories of metabolic scaling

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1274-1281

  Hirst, Andrew G ^a,b   Glazier, Douglas S ^c   Atkinson, David ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Energetics; Geometry; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84908282576     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12334     Document Type: Article

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