Life span in birds and the ageing theory of absolute metabolic scope

The Ecological Implications of Body Size

1983 • 5,648 citations

Bioenergetics and Growth.

1946 • 3,395 citations

Size, Function, and Life History

1984 • 2,916 citations

Bioenergetics and Growth

1946 • 2,397 citations

Body size and metabolism

1932 • 2,118 citations

Energy metabolism as related to body size and respiratory surfaces, and its evolution

1960 • 850 citations

Scaling of respiratory variables in mammals

1967 • 840 citations

Relationships between body size and some life history parameters

1978 • 821 citations

PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS

1968 • 815 citations

The Allometry of Growth and Reproduction

1989 • 670 citations

On the Evolution and Adaptive Significance of Postnatal Growth Rates in the Terrestrial Vertebrates

1978 • 656 citations

The Ecological Implications of Body Size.

1985 • 644 citations

MEASUREMENT OF THE RESPIRATORY VOLUMES OF LABORATORY ANIMALS

1947 • 586 citations

Quantitative Relations in the Physiological Constitutions of Mammals

1949 • 497 citations

The Avian Egg: Incubation Time and Water Loss

1974 • 489 citations

Relation of Gestation Time to Brain Weight for Placental Mammals: Implications for the Theory of Vertebrate Growth

1974 • 446 citations

PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS. II. GROWTH RATE AND MODE OF DEVELOPMENT

1973 • 381 citations

Size, life history and ecology in mammals

1979 • 375 citations

Body temperature in birds

1991 • 374 citations

Active and resting metabolism in birds: allometry, phylogeny and ecology

1987 • 329 citations

Mammalian Sleep, Longevity, and Energy Metabolism; pp. 425–446

1974 • 290 citations

Size, Body Temperature, Thermal Conductance, Oxygen Consumption, and Heart Rate in Australian Varanid Lizards

1964 • 269 citations

Dimensional analysis and theory of biological similarity

1975 • 226 citations

A preliminary allometric analysis of respiratory variables in resting birds

1971 • 208 citations

Organ Weights in Primates and Other Mammals

1965 • 189 citations

Life history patterns in birds and mammals and their evolutionary interpretation

1982 • 186 citations

Interspecies correlation of plasma concentration history of methotrexate (NSC-740).

1970 • 185 citations

Body Size and Longevity in Birds

1976 • 182 citations

The effects of body size and temperature on metabolic rate of organisms

1983 • 180 citations

Similarity and Dimensional Methods in Biology

1962 • 178 citations

Evolution of Protein Metabolism in Mammals

1969 • 175 citations

Bioenergetics of Stock and Recruitment

1980 • 135 citations

A Relation between mature weight and time taken to mature in mammals

1965 • 102 citations

Respiratory and Heart Rates of Birds at Rest

1968 • 101 citations

PRE-PARTUM REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF EUTHERIAN MAMMALS

1981 • 97 citations

ANALYSIS OF RESPIRATORY PATTERNS IN LABORATORY ANIMALS

1947 • 85 citations

Scaling of renal functions in mammals

1975 • 83 citations

Turnovers of Erythrocytes and Plasma Proteins in Mammals

1960 • 81 citations

Hearing in the Elephant ( Elephas maximus )

1980 • 78 citations

THE LIFESPAN OF ANIMALS

1961 • 78 citations

Comparative mechanics of mammalian respiratory system

1982 • 77 citations

The Rate of Living Theory Revisited

1989 • 71 citations

Time taken to mature in relation to mature weight for sexes, strains and species of domesticated mammals and birds

1968 • 69 citations

The Allometry of Growth and Reproduction

1990 • 66 citations

Period of gestation and body weight in some placental mammals

1972 • 63 citations

Longevity Records of North American Birds: Gaviidae through Alcidae

1982 • 58 citations

Physiological Regulations

1943 • 57 citations

An absolute metabolic scope for activity

1978 • 50 citations

The Life Span of Animals

1961 • 46 citations

Longevity records of North American birds. Supplement 1

1989 • 43 citations

Pre-Partum Reproductive Characteristics of Eutherian Mammals

1981 • 40 citations

Longevity records of North American birds: Columbidae through Paridae

1983 • 39 citations

Biological similarities.

1955 • 31 citations

Adaptation of Avian Eggs to Incubation Period Variability Around Allometric Regressions Is Correlated with Time

1980 • 31 citations

Longevity records of North American birds: Coerebinae through Estrildidae

1987 • 28 citations

Longevity records of North American birds: Remizidae through Parulinae

1983 • 27 citations

Physiometry of the mammalian circulatory system.

1966 • 22 citations

The allometric dependence of the life span of erythrocytes on body weight in mammals

1981 • 19 citations

Transferrin catabolism in mammalian species of different body sizes

1980 • 16 citations

Spontaneous Activity Level and Life Span in Rotifers: Lack of Support for the Rate of Living Theory

1990 • 16 citations

Myosin from fast and slow skeletal and cardiac muscles of mammals of different size.

1975 • 14 citations

Die Frequenz des K�ltezitterns bei Tierarten verschiedener Gr��e

1970 • 13 citations

A unified theory of biological similarities

1966 • 11 citations

Die Lebensstadien und ihre physiologische Zeit bei Vögeln — eine allometrische Betrachtung

1990 • 10 citations

Physiological Function in Special Environments

1989 • 9 citations

Size dependence of metabolism in protozoans

1981 • 9 citations

Time, Energy, and Body Size

1989 • 6 citations

Lebensalter und relative Gesamtenergieproduktion beim Vogel

1979 • 6 citations

Lifetime energy budgets in mammals and birds

1991 • 6 citations

Life Stages in Birds and Aging Theories

1993 • 1 citations