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Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2008
The study of allometric and size scaling relationships is well developed in most biological fields, but lags behind in the area of animal behavior. Part of the reason for this deficit is that scaling relationships of behaviors tend to be inherently more 'noisy' than other biological scaling relationships. However, body size has a pervasive influence on
Dial, KP, Greene, E, Irschick, DJ
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The study of allometric and size scaling relationships is well developed in most biological fields, but lags behind in the area of animal behavior. Part of the reason for this deficit is that scaling relationships of behaviors tend to be inherently more 'noisy' than other biological scaling relationships. However, body size has a pervasive influence on
Dial, KP, Greene, E, Irschick, DJ
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, 1996 The subject of allometry is variation in morphometric variables or other features of organisms associated with variation in size. Such variation can be produced by several biological phenomena, and three different levels of allometry are therefore ...
Christian Peter Klingenberg
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Size, shape, and form: concepts of allometry in geometric morphometrics [PDF]
Development Genes and Evolution, 2016 Allometry refers to the size-related changes of morphological traits and remains an essential concept for the study of evolution and development.
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Journal of Theoretical Biology, 1982
Abstract Analysis of sets of intra-species and inter-species allometric relationships reveals that the inter-species data generally fit an exponential model better than a linear model. The intra-species data seem equally suited to either model. Skewness of the data and the effect of logarithmic transformations on correlation coefficients are examined
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Abstract Analysis of sets of intra-species and inter-species allometric relationships reveals that the inter-species data generally fit an exponential model better than a linear model. The intra-species data seem equally suited to either model. Skewness of the data and the effect of logarithmic transformations on correlation coefficients are examined
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The allometry of rodent intestines
Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2010This study examined the allometry of the small intestine, caecum, colon and large intestine of rodents (n = 51) using a phylogenetically informed approach. Strong phylogenetic signal was detected in the data for the caecum, colon and large intestine, but not for the small intestine.
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Allometry of the Vertebrate Brain
Nature, 1947FIFTY years ago, Dubois1 investigated the relationship between the brain and body-weights of certain mammals. Continuing the work of Snell2, he adopted an expression of the form y = bxa (1) to describe this relationship, where x is body weight, y is brain weight and x and b are parameters to be determined from the observations; x was termed the ...
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International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2012
There are a substantial number of empirical relations that began with the identification of a pattern in data; were shown to have a terse power-law description; were interpreted using existing theory; reached the level of "law" and given a name; only to be subsequently fade away when it proved impossible to connect the "law" with a larger body of ...
DAMIEN WEST, BRUCE J. WEST
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There are a substantial number of empirical relations that began with the identification of a pattern in data; were shown to have a terse power-law description; were interpreted using existing theory; reached the level of "law" and given a name; only to be subsequently fade away when it proved impossible to connect the "law" with a larger body of ...
DAMIEN WEST, BRUCE J. WEST
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Evolutionary Ecology, 1998
Many life-history parameters have condition-dependent optima, but individuals are often required to set the values of such parameters relatively early in development, before the relevant conditions can be assessed with full accuracy. If cues are available that predict such future conditions, then the condition-dependent parameter should evolve to ...
David Berrigan, Jon Seger
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Many life-history parameters have condition-dependent optima, but individuals are often required to set the values of such parameters relatively early in development, before the relevant conditions can be assessed with full accuracy. If cues are available that predict such future conditions, then the condition-dependent parameter should evolve to ...
David Berrigan, Jon Seger
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The Allometry of Brain Miniaturization in Ants
Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 2011Extensive studies of vertebrates have shown that brain size scales to body size following power law functions. Most animals are substantially smaller than vertebrates, and extremely small animals face significant challenges relating to nervous system design and function, yet little is known about their brain allometry.
Seid, Marc A. +2 more
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The developmental basis for allometry in insects
Development, 1999ABSTRACT Within all species of animals, the size of each organ bears a specific relationship to overall body size. These patterns of organ size relative to total body size are called static allometry and have enchanted biologists for centuries, yet the mechanisms generating these patterns have attracted little experimental study.
D L, Stern, D J, Emlen
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