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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
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2009
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9781139167826
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1984
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2009
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10.1017/CBO9781139167826
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Book chapters
pp. xi
Preface
pp. 1
The size of living things
pp. 7
Problems of size and scale
pp. 21
The use of allometry
pp. 33
How to scale eggs
pp. 42
The strength of bones and skeletons
pp. 56
Metabolic rate and body size
pp. 75
Warm-blooded vertebrates: What do metabolic regression equations mean?
pp. 90
Organ size and tissue metabolism
pp. 99
How the lungs supply enough oxygen
pp. 115
Blood and gas transport
pp. 126
Heart and circulation
pp. 143
The meaning of time
pp. 151
Animal activity and metabolic scope
pp. 165
Moving on land: running and jumping
pp. 182
Swimming and flying
pp. 197
Body temperature and temperature regulation
pp. 209
Some important concepts
pp. 219
Symbols used
pp. 220
The allometric equation
pp. 222
Recalculation of equations according to units used for body mass
pp. 223
Algebraic rules for operating with expressions that contain powers and roots
pp. 224
Dimensional formulas for some commonly used physical quantities in the M L T system
pp. 225
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