2 papers
cond-mat.stat-mech2005
On The Universal Scaling Relations In Food Webs
L. A. Barbosa, A. Castro e Silva, J. Kamphorst Leal da Silva
In the last three decades, researchers have tried to establish universal patterns about the structure of food webs. Recently was proposed that the exponent characterizing the e…
physics.bio-ph2004
The Scaling of Maximum and Basal Metabolic Rates of Mammals and Birds
Lauro A. Barbosa, Guilherme J. M. Garcia, Jafferson K. L. da Silva
Allometric scaling is one of the most pervasive laws in biology. Its origin, however, is still a matter of dispute. Recent studies have established that maximum metabolic rate scal…