Publications

accuracy of predictions of long-term energy needs.	energy needs as estimated by various methods were compared restrospectively with actual energy needs of eleven subjects who participated in long-term metabolic studies. eight methods were compared with actual energy needs. the most satisfactory were the harris and benedict formula, the kleiber formula, and the mayo foundation nomogram, with an additional percentage allowed for activity energy. interviewing methods were the least satisfactory for estimating energy needs. none of the methods was s ...	1980	7430510
body temperature and oxygen uptake in the kinkajou (potos flavus, schreber), a nocturnal tropical carnivore.	two kinkajous (potos flavus, procyonidae) showed marked nycthemeral variations in their rectal temperature. the mean tr at night was 38.1 +/- 0.4 degrees c sd and 36.0 +/- 0.6 degrees c sd while resting during the day. body temperature and o2-consumption were measured at ambient temperatures from 5-35 degrees c. with one exception at 35 degrees c, hypo- or hyperthermia was never observed. at air temperatures above 30 degrees c the bears reacted with behavioural responses. o2-consumption was mini ...	1978	80172
the roles of body mass and gravity in determining the energy requirements of homoiotherms.	studies by kleiber and by brody in the 1930's established the 3/4 power of body weight as the unit for comparison of metabolic phenomena in homoiotherms. later kleiber conceived of the energy requirement as a composite function, with a thermoregulatory component, proportional to heat loss, and an antigravity component that is directly proportional to body weight. maintenance feed requirements have been measured with groups of small animals chronically exposed to several acceleration fields. anal ...	1978	11965665
[in memory of prof. max kleiber].		1976	785865
size and shape in biology.	arguments based on elastic stability and flexure, as opposed to the more conventional ones based on yield strength, require that living organisms adopt forms whereby lengths increase as the (2/3) power of diameter. the somatic dimensions of several species of animals and of a wide variety of trees fit this rule well. it is a simple matter to show that energy metabolism during maximal sustained work depends on body cross-sectional area, not total body surface area as proposed by rubner (1) and ma ...	1973	4689015
modified klapp-kleiber nephropexy.		1968	5734266