Question

Related species of terrestrial animals typically display allometric relations between body-water dynamism and body size. For example, the weight-specific rate of evaporative water loss tends to decrease allometrically as body size increases. What are the mechanistic reasons for these relationships?

Answer 1

Allometry is the study of the relationship of body size to shape,[1] anatomy, physiology and finally behaviour,[2] first outlined by Otto Snell in 1892,[3] by D'Arcy Thompson in 1917 in On Growth and Form[4] and by Julian Huxley in 1932.