Scaling Law

"(1932). Body size and metabolism. Hilgardia, 6(11), 315-353. - Foundational paper establishing the 3/4 power scaling law (Kleiber's Law) for metabolic rate, demonstrating that metabolic rate scales with body mass to the 0.75 power rather than linearly West, G.B., Brown..."

"Humphries, Graeme C. Hays, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Jonathan W. Pitchford, Alex James, Mohammed Z. Ahmed, Andrew S. Brierley, Mark A. Hindell, et al. "Scaling Laws of Marine Predator Search Behaviour." Nature 451, no. 7182 (2008): 1098-1102. > Supports: Lévy flight search patterns in marine predators (line..."

"...same principles as animal circulatory systems West, Geoffrey B., James H. Brown, and Brian J. Enquist. "A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology." Science 276, no. 5309 (1997): 122-126. > Supports: Universal scaling laws in biological branching networks; fractal geometry of va..."

"...overed that metabolism doesn't scale with mass (M^1.0) but with mass to the 3/4 power (M^0.75). This became Kleiber's Law—one of the most fundamental scaling laws in biology. Kleiber's Law: Basal metabolic rate (BMR) scales as mass^0.75. This means: - 1 kg animal: ~10 watts - 10 kg animal (10× mass): ~56 watts..."

"...nizational failure before it happens. --- Part 1: The Biology of Scaling Laws The Square-Cube Law: Geometry's Tyranny The most fundamental scaling law is geometric. In three-dimensional objects, surface area scales as length squared while volume scales as length cubed."