A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology
@inproceedings{West1997AGM,
title={A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology},
author={Geoffrey B. West and James H. Brown and Brian J. Enquist},
booktitle={Science},
year={1997},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:3140271}
}The model provides a complete analysis of scaling relations for mammalian circulatory systems that are in agreement with data and predicts structural and functional properties of vertebrate cardiovascular and respiratory systems, plant vascular systems, insect tracheal tubes, and other distribution networks.
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