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BL
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988579
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b742949
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| Main Entry
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Reiss, Michael J., (Michael Jonathan),1958-
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| Title & Author
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The allometry of growth and reproduction /\ Michael J. Reiss.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge [England] ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1989.
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xv, 182 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521360919
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: 0521423589
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: 9780521360913
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: 9780521423588
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-176) and index.
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| Contents
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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 probability -- 6. Quantitative models of body size -- 7. Sexual dimorphism in body size -- 8. Are larger species more dimorphic in size? -- 9. Surface area/volume arguments in biology -- 10. Prospectus.
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| Abstract
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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 new and mathematically rigorous framework within which many quantitative predictions are made and tested using published and unpublished data. Both an animal's energy assimilation and its metabolic requirements are strongly related to body weight. Care has been taken to give verbal presentations of all the mathematical conclusions to ensure that the text is widely intelligible. The book will prove of interest to all those involved in evolutionary biology, ecology and the physiology of whole organisms.
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Allometry.
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Growth.
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Reproduction.
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Body Constitution.
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Growth.
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Reproduction.
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Allométrie.
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Croissance.
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Reproduction.
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Allometrie
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Allometry.
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Animaux-- Croissance.
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Biologia Geral.
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Biologie du développement.
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Fisiologia Animal.
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Fisiologia Geral.
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Fortpflanzung
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Growth.
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Reproducao Humana.
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Reproduction.
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Reproduction.
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Wachstum
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| Dewey Classification
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599/.03
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| LC Classification
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QP84.R38 1989
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| NLM classification
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QH 511R378a 1989
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WX 6900rvk
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