Time in physics and biology

Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 759-765

  Günther, Bruno ^a   Morgado, Enrique ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Biological time; Body mass; Physical time; Theory of biological similitude

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS MEDIUM; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERIODICITY; PHYSICS; TELEVISION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 9444278502     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602004000500005     Document Type: Article

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