A unifying explanation for diverse metabolic scaling in animals and plants
β Scribed by Douglas S. Glazier
- Book ID
- 111111802
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 782 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-7931
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