TY - BOOK ID - 908800 TI - Scaling in biology AU - Brown, James H. AU - West, Geoffrey B. PY - 2000 SN - 0195131428 9780195131420 019513141X PB - Oxford Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Biomathematics. Biometry. Biostatistics KW - Body size KW - Morphology (Animals) KW - Biomathematics. KW - Body size. KW - Morphology (Animals). UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:908800 AB - Scaling relationships have been a persistent theme in biology at least since the time of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo. While there have been many excellent empirical and theoretical investigations, there has been little attempt to synthesize this diverse but interrelated area of biology. In an effort to fill this void, Scaling in Biology, the first general treatment of scaling in biology in over 15 years, covers a broad spectrum of the most relevant topics in a series of chapters written by experts in the field. Some of those topics discussed include allometry and fractal structure, branching of vascular systems of mammals and plants, biomechanical and life history of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, and species-area patterns of biological diversity. ER -