Allometry of Growth and Reproduction

Klappentext Allometry investigates the effects of size on such variables as food intake! growth rates and age at first reproduction. Here! explanations are proposed for many phenomena. Zusammenfassung The technique of allometry investigates the effects of size on such variables as food intake! energy requirements! growth rates and age at first reproduction. This book brings together much of what is known about the consequences of size and provides a mathematically rigorous framework with which many quantitative predictions are made and tested using published and unpublished data. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The scaling of average daily metabolic rate and energy intake; 3. Why do larger species invest relatively less in their offspring?; 4. The intraspecific relationship of parental investment to female body weight; 5. Growth and productivity; 6. Quantitative models of body size; 7. Sexual dimorphism in body size; 8. Are larger species more dimorphic in body size?; 9. Surface area/volume arguments in biology; 10. Prospectus; Concluding discussion; Glossary of mathematical terms; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: M. J. Reiss, M.j. Reiss, Michael J. Reiss, Michael J. (University of Cambridge) Reiss, Reiss Michael J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.1991
• EAN: 9780521423588
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42358-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Developmental biology