Improved tests for the origin of allometric scaling across tree architectures

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Chmurzynski, Adam, Brummer, Alexander Byers, Savage, Van, Shenkin, Alexander, Malhi, Yadvinder, Martin-Ducup, Olivier, Zieminska, Kasia, Barbier, Nicolas, Enquist, Brian J.
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 25.07.2024
• Edition: 1.1
• Subjects: Plant Biology; Metabolic scaling theory (MST); Plant physiological ecology; Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS); Tree architecture; forest ecology

The scaling of organismal metabolic rates with body size is one of the most prominent empirical patterns in biology. For over a century, the nature and causes of metabolic scaling have been the subject of much focus and debate. West, Brown, and Enquist (WBE) proposed a general model for the origin o...