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Author Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut, 1915-2007.

Title Scaling, why is animal size so important? / Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984

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Description xi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 1. The size of living things -- 2. Problems of size and scale -- 3. The use of allometry -- 4. How to scale eggs -- 5. The strength of bones and skeletons -- 6. Metabolic rate and body size -- 7. Warm-blooded vertebrates: what do metabolic regression equations mean? -- 8. Organ size and tissue metabolism -- 9. How the lungs supply enough oxygen -- 10. Blood and gas transport -- 11. Heart and circulation -- 12. The meaning of time -- 13. Animal activity and metabolic scope -- 14. Moving on land: running and jumping -- 15. Swimmng and flying -- 16. Body temperature and temperature regulation -- 17. Some important concepts -- Appendixes -- References -- Index
Analysis Animals Size
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [225]-236
Subject Human beings -- Constitution.
Morphology (Animals)
Human beings -- Constitution.
Morphology (Animals)
Anatomy, Comparative.
Animal Population Groups -- anatomy & histology.
Animals -- anatomy & histology
Animals -- physiology
Morphology (Animals)
Physiology, Comparative.
LC no. 84005841
ISBN 0521266572
0521319870 (paperback)