ALLOMETRIC EXPONENTS SUPPORT A 3/4-POWER SCALING LAW

Volume: 86, Issue: 8, Pages: 2083 - 2087
Published: Aug 1, 2005
Abstract
The relationship between metabolic rate and body mass follows a power function: B ∝ mb where B is the basal metabolic rate, m is the species mass, and b is the allometric exponent. Older models based on a consideration of surface to volume ratios predict an exponent b = 2/3, whereas more recent models based on efficient transport and fractal design predict an exponent b = 3/4. We analyzed 22 published allometric exponents to address the...
Paper Details
Title
ALLOMETRIC EXPONENTS SUPPORT A 3/4-POWER SCALING LAW
Published Date
Aug 1, 2005
Journal
Volume
86
Issue
8
Pages
2083 - 2087
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