Allometry (Ancient Greek ἄλλος állos "other", μέτρον métron "measurement") is the study of the relationship of body size to shape, anatomy, physiology...
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Tree allometry establishes quantitative relations between some key characteristic dimensions of trees (usually fairly easy to measure) and other properties...
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Cranial evolutionary allometry (CREA) is a scientific theory regarding trends in the shape of mammalian skulls during the course of evolution in accordance...
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Stag beetle (section Antler allometry)
individuals. Such variation is termed a scaling relationship or static allometry. Environmental conditions and genetic factors affect antler size. Smith...
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Froude number (section Allometry)
the momentum of the wind. The Froude number has also been applied in allometry to studying the locomotion of terrestrial animals, including antelope...
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animal adjusted for its body mass, while also taking factors like the allometry effects. The BFQ is calculated as the regression of the quotient of an...
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Ontogeny (section Ontogenetic allometry)
Ontogeny (also ontogenesis) is the origination and development of an organism (both physical and psychological, e.g., moral development), usually from...
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larger sails relative to their size, an example of positive allometry. Positive allometry may benefit thermoregulation because it means that, as individuals...
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selection for fecundity in females, niche divergence between the sexes, and allometry, but their relative importance is still not fully understood . Sexual...
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law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Thorson's rule Xerosere Other Allometry Alternative stable state Balance of nature Biological data visualization...
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