title: What determines the mass-exponent factor of 3/4 in the allometric equations of basal metabolism in homoiothermal animals?
authors.affiliation: Zvenigorod Biological Station, Moscow State University, Russia.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Gavrilov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D001717:Birds / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D001835:Body Weight; D008954:Models, Biological; D020308:Songbirds / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology