title: Laying down the law.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D001695:Biology / Q000266:history*; D001835:Body Weight; D002621:Chemistry / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D013557:Switzerland