Scaling of Metabolic Scaling within Physical Limits

Scaling of Metabolic Scaling within Physical Limits

Both the slope and elevation of scaling relationships between log metabolic rate and log body size vary taxonomically and in relation to physiological or developmental state, ecological lifestyle and environmental conditions. Here I discuss how the recently proposed metabolic-level boundaries hypoth...

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Main Author: Douglas S. Glazier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-10-01
Series:Systems
Subjects:
body size
contingency
developmental and physiological state
ecological lifestyle
environmental conditions
evolutionary adaptation
metabolism
meta-mechanism
physical constraints
scaling
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/2/4/425

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