The Allometry of Growth and Reproduction

by Michael J. Reiss

Book Overview

The technique of allometry investigates the effects of size on such variables as food intake, energy requirements, growth rates, and age at first reproduction. Reiss brings together much of what is known about the consequences of size and provides a new and mathematically rigorous framework within which many quantitative predictions are made and tested using published and unpublished data. The models presented afford a new synthesis of the effects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521360919
• ISBN13: 9780521360913
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"