We compiled a global database for leaf, stem and root biomass representing c. 11 000 records for c. 1200 herbaceous and woody species grown under either controlled or field conditions. We used this data set to analyse allometric relationships and fractional biomass distribution to leaves, stems and roots. We tested whether allometric scaling exponents are generally constant across plant sizes a...

Population growth (length-weight relationship), and reproductive potential (e.g. fecundity, and sex-ratio) of five important fish species (‘mola’: Amblypharyngodon mola, ‘puti’: Puntius sophore, ‘tengra’: Mystus vittatus, ‘shing’: Heteropneustes fossilis and ‘taki’: Channa punctatus) collected from two important fresh waters bodies (namely Hilna beel and Beel Kumari beel) Rajshahi, Bangladesh, ...

The aim of this study was to report the size structure of finescale razorbelly minnow, Salmostoma phulo in the Payra River, Southern Bangladesh, based on length-frequency distribution (LFD), sex ratio (SR), length-weight relationships (LWR), length-length relationships (LLR), condition factors (allometric KA; Fulton’s, KF; relative, KR and relative weight, WR) and form factor (a3.0). A to...

in this study, 160 fishes were randomly collected from commercial catch by a cone net in babolsar port from january to october 2010. the biological features of specimens were measured. 2 + years old fishes made the dominant age group with 33.75% and 1 + and 5 + years old had the least frequency (8.75%). relationship between length and weight indicated negative allometric growth pattern (b=2.581...

Effective initiatives for forest-based mitigation of climate change rely on continuous efforts to improve the estimation forest biomass. Allometric biomass models, which are nonlinear models that predict aboveground (AGB) as a function diameter at breast height (D) and tree (H), typically used in estimations. A combined variable D2H may be instead two separate predictors. The Q-ratio (i.e., rat...

Sixty-one sets of clearance (CL) values in animal species were allometrically scaled for predicting human clearance. Unbound fractions (f(u)) of drug in plasma in rats and humans were obtained from the literature. A model was developed to predict human CL: CL=33.35 ml/min x (a/Rf(u))(0.770), where Rf(u) is the f(u) ratio between rats and humans and a is the coefficient obtained from allometric ...

In this study, allometric trajectories for 51 rodent species, comprising equal representatives from each of the major clades (Ctenohystrica, Muroidea, Sciuridae), are compared in a multivariate morphospace (=allometric space) to quantify magnitudes of disparity in cranial growth. Variability in allometric trajectory patterns was compared to measures of adult disparity in each clade, and dietary...

In the present study, regression equations between body and head length measurements for the broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) are presented. Age and sex are discussed as sources of variation for allometric models. Four body-length, fourteen head-length, and ten ratio variables were taken from wild and captive animals. With the exception of body mass, log-transformation did not improve ...

Squid is one of the non-fish resources that have economic value and a target species in demersal fisheries activities with squid fishing gear stick-held deep net. This research aims to determine biological aspects (Loligo edulis) such as length frequency distribution, length-weight relationship, sex ratio, gonadal maturity level, index, size at first caught, gonads. The method used this was des...