On the exponent in the Von Bertalanffy growth model

Von Bertalanffy proposed the differential equation m′(t) = p × m(t)a − q × m(t) for the description of the mass growth of animals as a function m(t) of time t. He suggested that the solution using the metabolic scaling exponent a = 2/3 (Von Bertalanffy growth function VBGF) would be universal for ve...

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Main Authors: Katharina Renner-Martin, Norbert Brunner, Manfred Kühleitner, Werner Georg Nowak, Klaus Scheicher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4205.pdf