Metabolic theory of ecology
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title:
Metabolic theory of ecology
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The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) is the ecological component of the more general Metabolic Scaling Theory and Kleiber's law. It posits that the metabolic rate of organisms is the fundamental biological rate that governs most observed patterns in ecology. MTE is part of a larger set of theory known as metabolic scaling theory that attempts to provide a unified theory for the importance of metabolism in driving pattern and process in biology from the level of cells all the way to the biospher
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Theory concerning metabolism and observed patterns in ecology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_theory_of_ecology
date created:
2004-05-18T04:17:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T03:45:05Z
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