Energy Uptake and Allocation During Ontogeny
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Energy uptake and allocation during ontogeny.
All organisms face the problem of how to fuel ontogenetic growth. We present a model, empirically grounded in data from birds and mammals, that correctly predicts how growing animals allocate food energy between synthesis of new biomass and maintenance of existing biomass. Previous energy budget models have typically had their bases in rates of either food consumption or metabolic energy expend...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1162302