Examples
Some examples of allometric laws:
- Kleiber's law, metabolic rate is proportional to body mass raised to the power:
- breathing and heart rate are both proportional to body mass raised to the power:
- mass transfer contact area and body mass :
- the proportionality between the optimal cruising speed of flying bodies (insects, birds, airplanes) and body mass raised to the power :
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