Organ-Tissue Level Model of Resting Energy Expenditure Across Mammals: New Insights into Kleiber's Law
Figure 1
The (K × T) values (in kcal/d) of individual organs/tissues predicted by (9) on the ordinate versus body mass (M, in kg) on the abscissa across 111 mammalian species. The (K × T) values of liver, brain, heart, kidneys, and residuals are shown as the five thin lines. The resting energy expenditure () predicted by (7) is represented as the thick line (upper). All (K × T) and M values are on a logarithmic scale. The and M are significantly correlated: = 66.33 × ; .
