Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 A philosophical introduction
- 2 A mathematical primer: Logarithms, power curves, and correlations
- 3 Metabolism
- 4 Physiological correlates of size
- 5 Temperature and metabolic rate
- 6 Locomotion
- 7 Ingestion
- 8 Production: Growth and reproduction
- 9 Mass flow
- 10 Animal abundance
- 11 Other allometric relations
- 12 Allometric simulation models
- 13 Explanations
- 14 Prospectus
- Appendixes
- References
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 A philosophical introduction
- 2 A mathematical primer: Logarithms, power curves, and correlations
- 3 Metabolism
- 4 Physiological correlates of size
- 5 Temperature and metabolic rate
- 6 Locomotion
- 7 Ingestion
- 8 Production: Growth and reproduction
- 9 Mass flow
- 10 Animal abundance
- 11 Other allometric relations
- 12 Allometric simulation models
- 13 Explanations
- 14 Prospectus
- Appendixes
- References
- Index
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- The Ecological Implications of Body Size , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1983