Geoffrey B. West
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Time Magazine 2007. Geoffrey West by Murray Gell-Mann
Scaling laws and distribution networks
[edit] Cities, Economy
- Luis M.A. Bettencourt, José Lobo, Dirk Helbing, Christian Kühnert, and Geoffrey B. West. 2007. Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities PNAS April 16, 10.1073/pnas.0610172104
- 2009 Papers in Springer volume
[edit] Biology, Ecology
- West, G.B., J.H. Brown, and B.J. Enquist. 1997. A general model for the origin of allometric scaling laws in biology. Science 276:122-126. http://eeb37.biosci.arizona.edu/~brian/West_Brown_Enquist_1997.pdf
- West, G.B., J.H. Brown, and B.J. Enquist. 1999. The fourth dimension of life: fractal geometry and allometric scaling of organisms. Science 284:167-169. http://www.santafe.edu/sfi/education/csss/files02/west2.pdf
- Brown, J.H., Gupta, V.K., Li, B-L., Milne, B.T., Restrepo, C., and G.B. West. 2002. The fractal nature of nature: power laws, ecological complexity, and biodiversity. Proc. Royal Soc. B. 357:619-626. http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Published/FractalNatureOfNature.pdf
- West, G.B., Brown, J.H., and B.J. Enquist. 2001. A general model for ontogenetic growth. Nature 413:628-631. http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Published/OntogenicGrowth.pdf also see: http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v413/n6856/full/413628a0_fs.html&content_filetype=pdf
- West, G.B., Brown, J.H., and B.J. Enquist. 1999. A general model for the structure and allometry of plant vascular systems. Nature 400: 664-667. http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Published/GeneralModelStructure&Allometry.pdf
- Gillooly, J.F., Brown, J.H., West, G.B., Savage, V. M., and E.L. Charnov. 2001. Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate. Science 293:2248-2251. http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Published/EffectsOfSize.pdf also see: http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Published /EffectsOfSize&TempOnDevTime.pdf
- West, G.B., Woodruff, W.H., and J.H. Brown. 2002. Allometric scaling of metabolism from molecules and mitochondria to cells and mammals. PNAS 99:2473-2478. http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Published/AlloScalingMetabolicRateMolecules.pdf also see: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?rendertype=abstract&artid=128563
- Enquist, B.J., J.H. Brown, and G.B. West. 1998. Allometric scaling of plant energetics and population density. Nature 395: 163-165. http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Published/AllometricScalingPlantEnergetics.pdf
