Universal rules of life: metabolic rates, biological times and the equal fitness paradigm

The megabiota are disproportionately important for biosphere functioning

(2020) Brian J. Enquist et al.   Nature Communications

Tracheal branching in ants is area-decreasing, violating a central assumption of network transport models

(2020) Ian J. Aitkenhead et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Metabolic asymmetry and the global diversity of marine predators

(2019) John M. Grady et al.   SCIENCE

Interspecific scaling of blood flow rates and arterial sizes in mammals

(2019) Roger S. Seymour et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The origin and maintenance of metabolic allometry in animals

(2019) Craig R. White et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Demographic dynamics of the smallest marine vertebrates fuel coral-reef ecosystem functioning

(2019) Simon J. Brandl et al.   SCIENCE

Linking scaling laws across eukaryotes

(2019) Ian A. Hatton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Toward a metabolic theory of life history

(2019) Joseph Robert Burger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hunter-gatherer populations inform modern ecology

(2018) Joseph R. Burger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The AmP project: Comparing species on the basis of dynamic energy budget parameters

(2018) Gonçalo M. Marques et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Equal fitness paradigm explained by a trade-off between generation time and energy production rate

(2018) James H. Brown et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Assessing trait-based scaling theory in tropical forests spanning a broad temperature gradient

(2017) Brian J. Enquist et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Physics of metabolic organization

(2017) Marko Jusup et al.   Physics of Life Reviews

Extra-metabolic energy use and the rise in human hyper-density

(2017) Joseph R. Burger et al.   Scientific Reports

Characteristic Sizes of Life in the Oceans, from Bacteria to Whales

(2016) K.H. Andersen et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

COMADRE: a global data base of animal demography

(2016) Roberto Salguero-Gómez et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Reproducibility: A tragedy of errors

(2016) David B. Allison et al.   NATURE

Female and male life tables for seven wild primate species

(2016) Anne M. Bronikowski et al.   Scientific Data

Historical Contingency in Community Assembly: Integrating Niches, Species Pools, and Priority Effects

(2015) Tadashi Fukami   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

A dynamic energy budget for the whole life-cycle of holometabolous insects

(2015) Ana L. Llandres et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles

(2015) Nathan P. Myhrvold et al.   ECOLOGY

On the complex relationship between energy expenditure and longevity: Reconciling the contradictory empirical results with a simple theoretical model

(2015) Chen Hou et al.   MECHANISMS OF AGEING AND DEVELOPMENT

Metabolic theory predicts whole-ecosystem properties

(2015) John R. Schramski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Then-dimensional hypervolume

(2014) Benjamin Blonder et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Energy balance measurement: when something is not better than nothing

(2014) N V Dhurandhar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Reconciling theories for metabolic scaling

(2013) James L. Maino et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The Malthusian–Darwinian dynamic and the trajectory of civilization

(2013) Jeffrey C. Nekola et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Rensch’s Rule in Large Herbivorous Mammals Derived from Metabolic Scaling

(2012) Richard M. Sibly et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Testing Metabolic Theories

(2012) Michael R. Kearney et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The paradox of energy equivalence

(2012) Nick J. B. Isaac et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Integrating dynamic energy budget (DEB) theory with traditional bioenergetic models

(2012) R. M. Nisbet et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Explaining differences in the lifespan and replicative capacity of cells: a general model and comparative analysis of vertebrates

(2012) J. F. Gillooly et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Oxidative damage, ageing, and life-history evolution: where now?

(2012) Colin Selman et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology

(2012) Cyrille Violle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The Macroecology of Sustainability

(2012) Joseph R. Burger et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Energetic Limits to Economic Growth

(2011) James H. Brown et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Adult survival and population growth rate in Colorado big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)

(2011) Thomas J. O'Shea et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

The many costs of sex

(2011) Jussi Lehtonen et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Erroneous Arrhenius: Modified Arrhenius Model Best Explains the Temperature Dependence of Ectotherm Fitness

(2010) Jennifer L. Knies et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Why are metabolic scaling exponents so controversial? Quantifying variance and testing hypotheses

(2010) Nick J. B. Isaac et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

From molecules to ecosystems through dynamic energy budget models

(2010) R. M. Nisbet et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Maximal heat dissipation capacity and hyperthermia risk: neglected key factors in the ecology of endotherms

(2010) John R. Speakman et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Recruitment in a Colorado population of big brown bats: breeding probabilities, litter size, and first-year survival

(2010) Thomas J. O'Shea et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Dynamic energy budget theory and population ecology: lessons from Daphnia

(2010) R. M. Nisbet et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Temperature tolerance and energetics: a dynamic energy budget-based comparison of North Atlantic marine species

(2010) V. Freitas et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dynamic energy budget theory restores coherence in biology

(2010) T. Sousa et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Optimal Form of Branching Supply and Collection Networks

(2010) Peter Sheridan Dodds   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A general basis for quarter-power scaling in animals

(2010) J. R. Banavar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A unifying explanation for diverse metabolic scaling in animals and plants

(2009) Douglas S. Glazier   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits

(2009) J. P. DE MAGALHÃES et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Reproductive Allometry and the Size‐Number Trade‐Off for Lizards

(2008) Robin W. Warne et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Zero Sum, the Niche, and Metacommunities: Long‐Term Dynamics of Community Assembly

(2008) S. K. Morgan Ernest et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

From empirical patterns to theory: a formal metabolic theory of life

(2008) T. Sousa et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Energy Uptake and Allocation During Ontogeny

(2008) C. Hou et al.   SCIENCE

Sizing Up Allometric Scaling Theory

(2008) Van M. Savage et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

The Space‐Lifetime Hypothesis: Viewing Organisms in Four Dimensions, Literally

(2007) Lev Ginzburg et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST