Generally speaking how is metabolic rate related to the size of an organism?

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Enkryptor · Answer 1 · 2019-07-22T22:48:03+0000

Body size, energy metabolism and lifespan. Bigger animals live longer, bigger animals aslo expend more energy, and the scaling exponent for the relationship of resting metabolic rate (RMR) to body massage lies somewhere between 0.66 and 0.8.

Generally speaking how is metabolic rate related to the size of an organism?

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