Allometric scaling of metabolic rate from molecules and mitochondria to cells and mammals

By Geoffrey B. West, W. Woodruff, James H. Brown. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2002

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Subfields: Aging, Ecology, 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): “…of application Some metabolic scaling explanations appear to focus on broad comparisons encompassing many orders of magnitude in body size (e.g. West et al. 1997, 1999b, 2002b ; Banavar et al., 1999, 2002b ; Dreyer & Puzio, 2001), whereas others appear to be most applicable to narrower…”
Scaling from Traits to Ecosystems: Developing a General Trait Driver Theory via Integrating Trait-Based and Metabolic Scaling Theories (2015, methodology): “…this by showing how variation in individual rates of mass growth, dM/dt, and metabolism, B, can be linked to variation in a few key traits (e.g. body size,M, and traits related to cellular metabolism and allocation; see Enquist et al., 2007b, 2009; von Allmen et al., 2012; West et al., 2002).”
Thoughts on the evolution and ecological niche of diatoms (2021, background): “…Monographs Vol. 0, No. 0 C O N C E P TS & S YN TH E S IS undeniable over a broad range in complex organisms with fractal distributions systems (e.g., blood flow; West et al. 1997, 2002, Agutter and Wheatley 2004), it is not clear that such scaling is applicable to single-celled phytoplankton.”
Fuel and metabolic scaling during the early life stages of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua (2002, background): “Indeed this approach forms the basis of theories that seek to explain the cause of quarterpower scaling in all living organisms (West et al. 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, Banavar et al. 1999, Enquist et al. 1999, Gillooly et al. 2001, 2002).”
Scaling laws predict global microbial diversity (2016, background): “156 The only other biological scaling law that approaches this expanse is the 3⁄4 power scaling of metabolic power to mass, which holds across 27 orders of magnitude (33).”
Indicators for Complex Innovation Systems (2006, background): “Power laws are common to physical (Christensen et al., 2002; Warhaft 2002), natural science (Goldberger et al., 2002; Katz et al., 1999; West et al., 2002) and social systems (M. E. J. Newman et al., 2002).”
The origin of allometric scaling laws in biology from genomes to ecosystems: towards a quantitative unifying theory of biological structure and organization (2005, background): “Beyond ontogenetic growth and development of individuals discussed above (Gillooly et al., 2001; West et al., 2002a), these have focused on individual-level production of biomass in animals and plants (Gillooly et al., 2001, 2002), population growth rates and related life history attributes (Savage…”
Languages cool as they expand: Allometric scaling and the decreasing need for new words (2012, background): “…need for new words Alexander M. Petersen,1, ∗ Joel N. Tenenbaum,2, 3 Shlomo Havlin,4 H. Eugene Stanley,2 and Matjaž Perc5, † 1Laboratory for the Analysis of Complex Economic Systems, IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca 55100, Italy 2Center for Polymer Studies and Department of…”
Analysis of fungal networks (2012, methodology): “…of networks with flows driven by potential differences (Sherman, 1981; Durand, 2006, 2007; Katifori et al., 2010), while West and colleagues consider the optimum network given a number of biologically inspired assumptions (West et al., 1997, 1999a, 2002; West and Brown, 2004; Savage et al., 2008).”