Physiology: Why does metabolic rate scale with body size?
Nature
.
2003 Feb 13;421(6924):713; discussion 714.
doi: 10.1038/421713a.
Authors
Geoffrey B West
1
,
Van M Savage
,
James Gillooly
,
Brian J Enquist
,
William H Woodruff
,
James H Brown
Affiliation
1
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA. gbw@lanl.gov
PMID:
12610614
DOI:
10.1038/421713a
No abstract available
Publication types
Comment
MeSH terms
Animals
Body Constitution*
Body Weight
Energy Metabolism*
Mammals / anatomy & histology*
Mammals / metabolism*
Models, Biological