Many biological size-scaling relationships follow the power function Y= βXα, where Y is a
specific trait, β is the normalization constant (scaling coefficient), X is a measure of size, and …

The scaling equation, Y 1= β Y 2 α, has been used empirically and explored theoretically
primarily to determine the numerical value and meaning of the scaling exponent, α. The …

Life on earth spans a size range of around 21 orders of magnitude across species and can
span a range of more than 6 orders of magnitude within species of animal. The effect of size …

Both the slope and elevation of scaling relationships between log metabolic rate and log
body size vary taxonomically and in relation to physiological or developmental state …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 728–735 Abstract The metabolic theory of ecology links
physiology with ecology, and successfully predicts many allometric scaling relationships. In …

The intrinsic rate of increase is a fundamental concept in population ecology, and a variety
of problems require that estimates of population growth rate be obtained from empirical data …

Many fundamental traits of species measured at different levels of biological organization
appear to scale as a power law to body mass (M) with exponents that are multiples of ¼ …

Geoffrey West and colleagues published a series of papers, mostly in Nature, Science and
Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, on scaling of different aspects …

Metabolism fuels all of life's activities, from biochemical reactions to ecological interactions.
According to two intensely debated theories, body size affects metabolism via geometrical …

Throughout the history of studying scaling relationships in biology there has been much
discussion of how to best estimate scaling parameters (Finney, 1941; Sprugel, 1983; …