In this review I show that the '3/4-power scaling law'of metabolic rate is not universal, either
within or among animal species. Significant variation in the scaling of metabolic rate with …

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the rate of metabolism of a resting, postabsorptive, non-
reproductive, adult bird or mammal, measured during the inactive circadian phase at a …

Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine
birds ever published. It analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil …

The Flexible Phenotype attempts a true synthesis of physiology, behaviour, and ecology by
develo** an empirical argument that describes the intimate connections between …

The relationship between mammalian basal metabolic rate (BMR, ml of O2 per h) and body
mass (M, g) has been the subject of regular investigation for over a century. Typically, the …

Sturkie's Avian Physiology, Seventh Edition is the classic comprehensive single volume on
the physiology of domestic as well as wild birds. This latest edition is thoroughly revised and …

Tropical birds are relatively long-lived and produce few offspring, which develop slowly and
mature relatively late in life, the slow end of the life-history axis, whereas temperate birds lie …

Accumulation of noncoding DNA and therefore genome size (C-value) may be under strong
selection toward increase of body size accompanied by low metabolic costs. C-value directly …

Recent evidence suggests that avian facultative hypothermic responses are more common,
and occur in a wider variety of ecological contexts, than previously thought. The capacity for …

In this review I show that four major kinds of theoretical approaches have been used to
explain the scaling of metabolic rate in cells, organisms and groups of organisms in relation …