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SCIENCE
卷 322, 期 5902, 页码 736-739出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1162302
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- NIH [P20 RR-018754, DK36263]
- NSF [DEB-0083422, CCF0621900, PHY 0706174, PHY 0202180]
- Thaw Charitable Trust
All organisms face the problem of how to fuel ontogenetic growth. We present a model, empirically grounded in data from birds and mammals, that correctly predicts how growing animals allocate food energy between synthesis of new biomass and maintenance of existing biomass. Previous energy budget models have typically had their bases in rates of either food consumption or metabolic energy expenditure. Our model provides a framework that reconciles these two approaches and highlights the fundamental principles that determine rates of food assimilation and rates of energy allocation to maintenance, biosynthesis, activity, and storage. The model predicts that growth and assimilation rates for all animals should cluster closely around two universal curves. Data for mammals and birds of diverse body sizes and taxa support these predictions.
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