Life's size and tempo are intimately linked. The rate of metabolism varies with body mass in
remarkably regular ways that can often be described by a simple power function, where the …

Simple Summary The metabolic conversion of resources into living structures and processes
is fundamental to all living systems. The rate of metabolism ('fire of life') is critical for …

Organisms use energy to grow and reproduce, so the processes of energy metabolism and
biological production should be tightly bound. On the basis of this tenet, we developed and …

Both oxygen and temperature are fundamental factors determining metabolic performance,
fitness, ecological niches, and responses of many aquatic organisms to climate change …

Aerobic metabolism generates 15–20 times more energy (ATP) than anaerobic metabolism,
which is crucial in maintaining energy budgets in animals, fueling metabolism, activity …

Animal tolerance towards humans can be a key factor facilitating wildlife–human
coexistence, yet traits predicting its direction and magnitude across tropical animals are …

Researchers from diverse disciplines, including organismal and cellular physiology, sports
science, human nutrition, evolution and ecology, have sought to understand the causes and …

Larger animals studied during ontogeny, across populations, or across species, usually
have lower mass-specific metabolic rates than smaller animals (hypometric scaling). This …

Macroecological scaling patterns, such as between prey and predator biomass, are
fundamental to our understanding of the rules of biological organization and ecosystem …

The magnitude of many kinds of biological structures and processes scale with organismal
size, often in regular ways that can be described by power functions. Traditionally, many of …