Yes, West, Brown and Enquist's model of allometric scaling is both mathematically correct and biologically relevant

被引:72
作者
Brown, JH [1 ]
West, GB
Enquist, BJ
机构
[1] Univ New Mexico, Dept Biol, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
[2] Santa Fe Inst, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA
[3] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Theoret, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[4] Univ Arizona, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
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10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01022.x
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Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
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071012 ; 0713 ;
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[No abstract available]
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