Scaling in Biology
Series: Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 13 April 2000
- ISBN 9780195131420
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages368 pages
- Size 161x234x16 mm
- Weight 499 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous line figures, tables and halftones 0
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Short description:
Scaling relationships are a persistent theme in biology. Examples include branching patterns of blood vessels, structural and functional correlates of body size, distribution of body size and abundance among species, and variations in populations within an area or over time. This book, based on a conference at the Santa Fe Institute, brings together many of the most prominent workers in the area to assess our current understanding of scaling relationships at the physiological, biomechanical, and ecological levels.
MoreLong description:
Scaling relationships have been a persistent theme in biology at least since the time of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo. Because scaling relationships are among the most general empirical patterns in biology, they have stimulated research to develop mechanistic hypotheses and mathematical models. While there have been many excellent empirical and theoretical investigations, there has been little attempt to synthesize this diverse but interrelated area of biology. In an effort to fill this void, Scaling in Biology, the first general treatment of scaling in biology in over 15 years, covers a broad spectrum of the most relevant topics in a series of chapters written by experts in the field. Some of those topics discussed include allometry and fractal structure, branching of vascular systems of mammals and plants, biomechanical and life history of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, and species-area patterns of biological diversity. Many more examples are included within this text to complete the broader picture. Scaling in Biology conveys the diversity, promise, and excitement of current research in this area, in a format accessible to a wide audience of not only specialists in the various sub-disciplines, but also students and anyone with a serious interest in biology.
MoreTable of Contents:
Preface
Scaling in Biology: Patterns and Processes, Causes and Consequences
Allometry and Natural Selection
Hovering and Jumping: Contrasting Problems in Scaling
Scaling of Terrestrial Support
Consequences of Size Change during Ontogeny and Evolution
The Origin of Universal Scaling Laws in Biology
Scaling and Invariants in Cardiovascular Biology
Vascular System of the Human Heart
Constrained Constructive Optimization of Arterial Tree Models
Quarter-Power Allometric Scaling in Vascular Plants
Twigs, Trees, and the Dynamics of Carbon in the Landscape
Cell Size, Shape, and Fitness in Evolving Populations of Bacteria
Does Body Size Optimization Alter the Allometries for Production and Life History Traits?
Why and How Phylogenetic Relationships Should Be Incorporated into Studies of Scaling
Individual Energy Use and the Allometry of Population Density
Scaling in Biology, from Organisms to Ecosystem
Scaling and Self-Similarity in Species Distributions
