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Title: Scaling in Biology (Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity. (Paper)) by James H. Brown, Geoffrey B. West, N.M.) Santa Fe Institute (Santa Fe ISBN: 0-19-513142-8 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.50

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

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Summary: A Long Overdue Book on a Critical Subject in Biology
Comment: This book is long overdue! I highly recommend it to anyone interested in issues of allometry (how characteristics of organisms change with their size), scaling, and how attributes of organisms influence larger scale patterns in ecology and evolution. Scaling is probably the most important problem facing biology and this book is a fabulous launching point to a series of new approaches. The book presents several chapters by several of the leaders in the field - and range from vascular morphology of mammals, physiology, plant physiology and ecology, biomechanics, life-history, ecology and evolutionary biology, and even conservation biology. The long introductory chapter provides a nice introduction, history, and overview of the growing field. Probably the best attribute of the book is the underlying synthesis of biology. Those interested in building linkages between organismal biology, physiology, community ecology, ecology, large scale ecology, or evolutionary biology need to read this book.

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