Life's size and tempo are intimately linked. The rate of metabolism varies with body mass in
remarkably regular ways that can often be described by a simple power function, where the …

The scaling of metabolic rate with body mass has long been a controversial topic. Some
workers have claimed that the slope of log‐log metabolic scaling relationships typically …

In this paper the basic geophysical and ecological principles are jointly analyzed that allow
the landmasses of Earth to remain moistened sufficiently for terrestrial life to be possible. 1 …

All animals on Earth compete for free energy, which is acquired, assimilated, and ultimately
allocated to growth and reproduction. Competition is strongest within communities of …

Two simplifying hypotheses have been proposed for whole‐plant respiration. One links
respiration to photosynthesis; the other to biomass. Using a first‐principles carbon balance …

In this review I show that four major kinds of theoretical approaches have been used to
explain the scaling of metabolic rate in cells, organisms and groups of organisms in relation …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 993–1000 Abstract For more than a century, the scaling of animal
metabolic rates with individual body masses and environmental temperature has …

Metabolic rate is traditionally assumed to scale with body mass to the 3/4-power, but
significant deviations from the '3/4-power law'have been observed for several different taxa …

Metabolic rate is commonly thought to scale with body mass (M) to the 3/4 power. However,
the metabolic scaling exponent (b) may vary with activity state, as has been shown chiefly for …

Why the rate of metabolism varies (scales) in regular, but diverse ways with body size is a
perennial, incompletely resolved question in biology. In this article, I discuss several …