Scaling : why is animal size so important? /
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1984.
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Table des matières:
- Preface
- 1. The size of living things
- 2. Problems of size and scale
- 3. The use of allometry
- 4. How to scale eggs
- 5. The strength of bones and skeletons
- 6. Metabolic rate and body size
- 7. Warm-blooded vertebrates: what do metabolic regression equations mean?
- 8. Organ size and tissue metabolism
- 9. How the lungs supply enough oxygen
- 10. Blood and gas transport
- 11. Heart and circulation
- 12. The meaning of time
- 13. Animal activity and metabolic scope
- 14. Moving on land: running and jumping
- 15. Swimmng and flying 16. Body temperature and temperature regulation
- 17. Some important concepts
- Appendixes
- References
- Index.