Geoffrey B. West

TOWARD A METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY

James H. Brown, James F. Gillooly, Andrew P. Allen et al. · Ecology · 2004 · 7.8K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +15

A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology

Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown, Brian J. Enquist · Science · 1997 · 5K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Physiology +17

Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate

James F. Gillooly, James H. Brown, Geoffrey B. West et al. · Science · 2001 · 3.8K citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biology +17

Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities

Luís M. A. Bettencourt, José Lobo, Dirk Helbing et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 2.7K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, Urban Studies +15

The Fourth Dimension of Life: Fractal Geometry and Allometric Scaling of Organisms

Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown, Brian J. Enquist · Science · 1999 · 1.7K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +13