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Supply–demand balance and metabolic scaling
It is widely accepted that metabolic rates scale across species approximately as the 3/4 power of mass in most if not all groups of organisms. Metabolic demand per unit mass thus decreases as body mass increases. Metabolic rates reflect both the ability of the organism's transport system to del...
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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National Academy of Sciences
2002
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC124956/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12149461 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.162216899 |
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