Scaling, why is animal size so important?
This book is about the importance of animal size.
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xi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521266574, 9780521319874, 0521266572, 0521319870
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The size of living things
Problems of size and scale
The use of allometry
How to scale eggs
The strength of bones and skeletons
Metabolic rate and body size
Warm-blooded vertebrates: what do metabolic regression equations means?
Organ size and tissue metabolism
How the lungs supply enough oxygen
Blood and gas transport
Heart and circulation
The meaning of time
Animal activity and metabolic scope
Moving on land: running and jumping
Swimming and flying
Body temperature and temperature regulation
Some important concepts