[The relationship of the lifespan of eukaryotes (animals and plants) to their physical characteristics].
Over a wide range of living species from rotifer to sequoia it was shown that there is positive correlation between species longevity and linear size (r = 0.93, n = 186), as well as between species longevity and mass (r = 0.94, n = 37). Real slope of correlation line longevity on mass may be near 0.27. So, for all studied species exist the general low- the more its mass (or weight, or volume), the longer its life span. It is possible that between mass (or volume) and longevity of living things there is causal relation.
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D000828:Animal Population Groups / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D001824:Body Constitution; D001835:Body Weight; D016014:Linear Models; D008136:Longevity; D010944:Plants / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013045:Species Specificity
Sviaz' prodolzhitel'nosti zhizni éukariot (zhivotnykh i rasteniĭ) s nekotorymi ikh fizicheskimi kharakteristikami.