In this review I show that the '3/4-power scaling law'of metabolic rate is not universal, either
within or among animal species. Significant variation in the scaling of metabolic rate with …

A fundamental but unanswered biological question asks how much energy, on average,
Earth's different life forms spend per unit mass per unit time to remain alive. Here, using the …

Power laws describing the dependence of metabolic rate on body mass have been
established for many taxa, but not for prokaryotes, despite the ecological dominance of the …

Prior research has consistently demonstrated that urban economic and social systems
adhere to the empirical scaling law. Furthermore, a plethora of evidence, including the scale …

One of the most relevant topics in the biology of invasion concerns the genetic changes that
occur subsequent to a species invasion, an issue of particular focus among conservation …

The behavioural choices made by foragers regarding the use of resource patches have a
direct influence on the energy balance of the individual. Given that several individual traits …

Plankton play a key role in oceanic carbon flux as the primary biological mechanism for the
sequestration of carbon out of the atmosphere into surface waters. The transfer of energy …

Population density and home range are the two major ecological characteristics pertaining
to the ecosystem-level energy use by the species. Home range usually grows more rapidly …

In lotic freshwater ecosystems, the drift or downstream movement of animals (eg,
macroinvertebrates) constitutes a key dispersal pathway, thus shaping ecological and …

Principles of stable ecosystem organization are considered together with the role of
abundant space, matter and energy in its maintenance. Life features the dichotomy of …