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[cover]

James H. Brown, Geoffrey B. West, editors. Scaling in Biology. OUP. 2000

 

Contents

James H. Brown, Geoffrey B. West, Brian J. Enquist.
Scaling in Biology: Patterns and Processes, Causes and Consequences
John Tyler Bonner, Henry S. Horn.
Allometry and Natural Selection
R. McNeill Alexander.
Hovering and Jumping: Contrasting Problems in Scaling
Andrew A. Biewener.
Scaling of Terrestrial Support: Differing Solutions to Mechanical Constraints of Size
Mimi A. R. Koehl.
Consequences of Size Change During Ontogeny and Evolution Consequences of Size Change During Ontogeny and Evolution
Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown, Brian J. Enquist.
The Origin of Universal Scaling Laws in Biology
John K-J. Li.
Scaling and Invariants in Cardiovascular Biology
Mair Zamir.
Vascular System of the Human Heart: Some Branching and Scaling Issues
Wolfgang Schreiner, Rudolf Karch, Friederike Neumann, Martin Neumann.
Constrained Constructive Optimization of Arterial Tree Models
Brian J. Enquist, Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown.
Quarter-Power Allometric Scaling in Vascular Plants: Functional Basis and Ecological Consequences
Henry S. Horn.
Twigs, Trees, and the Dynamics of Carbon in the Landscape
Richard E. Lenski, Judith A. Mongold.
Cell Size, Shape, and Fitness in Evolving Populations of Bacteria
Jan Kozlowski.
Does Body Size Optimization Alter the Allometries for Production and Life History Traits?
Paul H. Harvey.
Why and How Phylogenetic Relationships Should be Incorporated into Studies of Scaling
Helene Cyr.
Individual Energy Use and the Allometry of Population Density
William A. Calder.
Diversity and Convergence: Scaling for Conservation
John Harte.
Scaling and Self-Similarity in Species Distributions: Implications for Extinction, Species Richness, Abundance, and Range