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Author Reiss, Michael J. (Michael Jonathan), 1958- author

Title The allometry of growth and reproduction / Michael J. Reiss
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989

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Description xv, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The scaling of average daily metabolic rate and energy intake -- 3. Why do larger species invest relatively less in their offspring? -- 4. The intraspecific relationship of parental investment to female body weight -- 5. Growth and probability -- 6. Quantitative models of body size -- 7. Sexual dimorphism in body size -- 8. Are larger species more dimorphic in size? -- 9. Surface area/volume arguments in biology -- 10. Prospectus
Analysis Organisms Life cycle Physiological aspects
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [151]-176
Subject Allometry.
Growth.
Reproduction.
Allometry.
Energy metabolism.
Growth.
Reproduction.
LC no. 88027120
ISBN 0521360919
0521423589 (paperback)