Physiology: Why does metabolic rate scale with body size?

Geoffrey B. West; Van M. Savage; James Gillooly; Brian J. Enquist; William H. Woodruff; James H. Brown

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Physiology: Why does metabolic rate scale with body size?

Geoffrey B. West, Van M. Savage, James Gillooly, Brian J. Enquist, William H. Woodruff, James H. Brown

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	713
Number of pages	1
Journal	Nature
Volume	421
Issue number	6924
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/421713a
State	Published - Feb 13 2003

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