Authors: Craig R White and Dustin J Marshall

Published in: Physiology

Abstract

Most explanations for the relationship between body size and metabolism invoke physical constraints; such explanations are evolutionarily inert, limiting their predictive capacity. Contemporary approaches to metabolic rate and life history lack the pluralism of foundational work.

Here, we call for reforging of the lost links between optimization approaches and physiology.

White CR, Marshall DJ (2023) How and why does metabolism scale with body mass? Physiology PDF DOI