Title The ecological implications of body size / Robert Henry Peters

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983

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Description xii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Cambridge studies in ecology Cambridge studies in ecology. Contents Machine derived contents note: 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 Analysis Animals Size Ecological aspects Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 297-324 Subject Animal ecology. Human beings -- Constitution. Animal ecology. Human beings -- Constitution. Body weight. Animal ecology Body Surface Area. LC no. 82019755 ISBN 0521246849 052128886X (paperback)

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