BACKGROUND Peak oxygen uptake (VO(2peak)) can be defined as the highest oxygen rate consumed during exhaustive or maximal exercise. The evaluation of the aerobic fitness can be expressed as relative to body mass, but this procedure may not fully remove differences when heavy subjects are assessed. Thus, the allometric scaling procedure is an attractive strategy to compare individuals with large...

Currently, tools to predict the aboveground and belowground biomass (AGB BGB) of woody species in Guinean savannas (and data calibrate them) are still lacking. Multispecies allometric equations calibrated from direct measurements can provide accurate estimates plant local ecosystems be used extrapolate carbon stocks biome scale. We developed multispecies models estimate AGB BGB trees mult...

Metabolic rate of living organisms (energy produced per unit time) increases slower than organisms' mass. This phenomenon, when applied to different taxa, is called interspecific allometric scaling. Its causes remain unknown. Here we show that interspecific allometric scaling for multicellular organisms occurred as the result of evolution of organisms within the food chain, and certain mechanic...

The management of stand structure and the protection species diversity are crucial to forest ecosystem service functions. Changbai Mountain is one three major regions in Northeast China, understanding characteristics allometric relationship between variables correlation factors basis for achieving effective ecological function improvement. In this study, typical deciduous broad-leaved mixed con...

The objective of the study was to determine growth pattern clam Potamocorbula faba inhabited estuarine Permisan Bay, Indonesia by using Linear Allometric Model (LAM). Its also evaluated length-weight relationships (LWR) and Fulton’s condition factor (K–value). A total 7 996 specimens with length intervals 3.5 mm 17 weight 0.013 g 0.636 were collected from nine sites in Bay. Based on (LWR), equa...

Precise exponential scaling with size is a fundamental aspect of phenotypic variation. These allometric power laws are often invariant across taxa and have long been hypothesized to reflect developmental constraints. Here we test this hypothesis by investigating the evolutionary potential of an allometric scaling relationship in drosophilid wing shape that is nearly invariant across 111 species...

this research develops an allometric model for estimation of biomass based on the height and dbh of trees in the hyrcanian forests of iran. an accurate allometric model reduces the uncertainty of allometric equation in biomass estimation using radar images. in this study, 317 trees were selected randomly from the 4 different dominant tree species for the development of an allometric model cover...