Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3

By C. R. White, R. Seymour. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Molecular Biology, Physiology

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Beyond the ‘3/4‐power law’: variation in the intra‐and interspecific scaling of metabolic rate in animals (2005, neutral): “They claim that previous studies reporting 2/3-power scaling in mammals (e.g. Heusner, 1991b ; Dodds et al., 2001; White & Seymour, 2003) are biased by an overrepresentation of small-bodied species.”
The origin of allometric scaling laws in biology from genomes to ecosystems: towards a quantitative unifying theory of biological structure and organization (2005, background): “Recently, however, this controversy was resurrected by Dodds (2001) and by White and Seymour (2003), who concluded that a reanalysis of data supported 2/3, especially for smaller mammals ( 10·kg).”
Scaling of body temperature in mammals and birds (2007, methodology): “An exception is that of White & Seymour (2003) who compiled an extensive data set for mammals and demonstrated a positive relationship between body mass and body temperature, precisely the opposite conclusion to Rodbard (1950); they also confirmed the long-held view that body temperature tended to…”
The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology (2004, methodology): “Here we compile and analyse a new, larger data set for mammalian BMR.”
The 3/4-Power Law Is Not Universal: Evolution of Isometric, Ontogenetic Metabolic Scaling in Pelagic Animals (2006, background): “Several interspecific studies of various animal taxa have also reported metabolic scaling exponents significantly different from 3/4 (e.g., Ivleva 1980, Dodds et al. 2001, Kozlowski et al. 2003, White and Seymour 2003, Glazier 2005, White et al. 2006).”
Size-dependent growth rates in eukaryotic and prokaryotic algae exemplified by green algae and cyanobacteria: comparisons between unicells and colonial growth forms (2006, background): “It has, however, recently been shown that the scaling of the basal metabolic rate in animals follows the surface law rather than Kleibers rule (White and Seymour, 2003).”
The circadian rhythm of body temperature. (2010, neutral): “Interspecies studies of the relationship between body temperature and body size based on literature surveys have either failed to identify a significant correlation (429, 430) or identified a weak positive correlation (427, 428, 431).”
Is West, Brown and Enquist's model of allometric scaling mathematically correct and biologically relevant? (2004, methodology): “In their recent analysis of data featuring 619 species and encompassing five orders of magnitude of body mass variation, White & Seymour (2003) found that the BMR of mammals scales to the 2/3 power.”
RESPONSE TO FORUM COMMENTARY ON “TOWARD A METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY” (2004, background): “2) Dodds et al. (2001) and White and Seymour (2003) compiled and analyzed data only on basal metabolic rates of mammals and birds.”
Trajectories and models of individual growth (2006, result): “Their results demonstrate that B ∝ M (White and Seymour, 2003).”