On Blum's four-dimensional geometric explanation for the 0·75 exponent in metabolic allometry
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- other
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Theoretical Biology
- Vol. 144 (1) , 139-141
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5193(05)80305-4
Abstract
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