期刊
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
卷 82, 期 5, 页码 1009-1020出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12086
关键词
allometry; birds; body mass; body size; daily energy expenditure; doubly labelled water; energetics; field metabolic rate; mammals; metabolic scaling
资金
- Microsoft Research through its PhD Scholarship Programme
- UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) [NE/J011193/1]
- NERC [NE/H020705/1, NE/I010963/1, NE/I011889/1]
- NERC [NE/H020705/1, NE/I011889/1, NE/J011193/1, NE/I010963/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/I011889/1, NE/H020705/1, CEH010021, NE/I010963/1, NE/J011193/1] Funding Source: researchfish
1. The power-law dependence of metabolic rate on body mass has major implications at every level of ecological organization. However, the overwhelming majority of studies examining this relationship have used basal or resting metabolic rates, and/or have used data consisting of species-averaged masses and metabolic rates. Field metabolic rates are more ecologically relevant and are probably more directly subject to natural selection than basal rates. Individual rates might be more important than species-average rates in determining the outcome of ecological interactions, and hence selection. 2. We here provide the first comprehensive database of published field metabolic rates and body masses of individual birds and mammals, containing measurements of 1498 animals of 133 species in 28 orders. We used linear mixed-effects models to answer questions about the body mass scaling of metabolic rate and its taxonomic universality/heterogeneity that have become classic areas of controversy. Our statistical approach allows mean scaling exponents and taxonomic heterogeneity in scaling to be analysed in a unified way while simultaneously accounting for nonindependence in the data due to shared evolutionary history of related species. 3. The mean power-law scaling exponents of metabolic rate vs. body mass relationships were 0.71 [95% confidence intervals (CI) 0.625-0.795] for birds and 0.64 (95% CI 0.564-0.716) for mammals. However, these central tendencies obscured meaningful taxonomic heterogeneity in scaling exponents. The primary taxonomic level at which heterogeneity occurred was the order level. Substantial heterogeneity also occurred at the species level, a fact that cannot be revealed by species-averaged data sets used in prior work. Variability in scaling exponents at both order and species levels was comparable to or exceeded the differences 3/4-2/3 = 1/12 and 0.71-0.64. 4. Results are interpreted in the light of a variety of existing theories. In particular, results are consistent with the heat dissipation theory of Speakman & Krol (2010) and provided some support for the metabolic levels boundary hypothesis of Glazier (2010). 5. Our analysis provides the first comprehensive empirical analysis of the scaling relationship between field metabolic rate and body mass in individual birds and mammals. Our data set is a valuable contribution to those interested in theories of the allometry of metabolic rates.
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