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Universal scaling of maximum speed with body mass - Why the largest animals are not the fastest
Myriam R. Hirt, Walter Jetz, Bjöern C. Rall, Ulrich Brose
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/095018
Myriam R. Hirt
1German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
2Institute of Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger-Str. 159, 07743, Jena, Germany
Walter Jetz
1German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
3Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, 06511 Connecticut, United States of America
4Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, United Kingdom
Bjöern C. Rall
1German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
2Institute of Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger-Str. 159, 07743, Jena, Germany
Ulrich Brose
1German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
2Institute of Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger-Str. 159, 07743, Jena, Germany
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Posted December 17, 2016.
Universal scaling of maximum speed with body mass - Why the largest animals are not the fastest
Myriam R. Hirt, Walter Jetz, Bjöern C. Rall, Ulrich Brose
bioRxiv 095018; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/095018
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