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The size of the largest land animal.

J E Hokkanen.   

Abstract

The upper mass limit to terrestrial animals is studied using physical arguments and allometric laws for bone and muscle strength and animal locomotion. The limit is suggested to lie between 10(5) and 10(6) kg. A possibility for a still higher mass, in case of new adaptations, is not excluded.

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Year:  1986        PMID： 3713220     DOI： 10.1016/s0022-5193(86)80167-9

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Theor Biol        ISSN： 0022-5193            Impact factor:   2.691


  8 in total

Review 1.  Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism.

Authors:  P Martin Sander; Andreas Christian; Marcus Clauss; Regina Fechner; Carole T Gee; Eva-Maria Griebeler; Hanns-Christian Gunga; Jürgen Hummel; Heinrich Mallison; Steven F Perry; Holger Preuschoft; Oliver W M Rauhut; Kristian Remes; Thomas Tütken; Oliver Wings; Ulrich Witzel
Journal:  Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc       Date:  2011-02

2.  Adaptive evolution toward larger size in mammals.

Authors:  Joanna Baker; Andrew Meade; Mark Pagel; Chris Venditti
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  2015-04-06       Impact factor: 11.205

3.  Finite element modelling versus classic beam theory: comparing methods for stress estimation in a morphologically diverse sample of vertebrate long bones.

Authors:  Charlotte A Brassey; Lee Margetts; Andrew C Kitchener; Philip J Withers; Phillip L Manning; William I Sellers
Journal:  J R Soc Interface       Date:  2013-02       Impact factor: 4.118

4.  How big should a mammal be? A macroecological look at mammalian body size over space and time.

Authors:  Felisa A Smith; S Kathleen Lyons
Journal:  Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci       Date:  2011-08-27       Impact factor: 6.237

Review 5.  Biological Scaling Problems and Solutions in Amphibians.

Authors:  Daniel L Levy; Rebecca Heald
Journal:  Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol       Date:  2015-08-10       Impact factor: 10.005

Review 6.  An evolutionary cascade model for sauropod dinosaur gigantism--overview, update and tests.

Authors:  P Martin Sander
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2013-10-30       Impact factor: 3.240

7.  Ontogenetic scaling patterns and functional anatomy of the pelvic limb musculature in emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae).

Authors:  Luis P Lamas; Russell P Main; John R Hutchinson
Journal:  PeerJ       Date:  2014-12-23       Impact factor: 2.984

Review 8.  March of the titans: the locomotor capabilities of sauropod dinosaurs.

Authors:  William Irvin Sellers; Lee Margetts; Rodolfo Aníbal Coria; Phillip Lars Manning
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2013-10-30       Impact factor: 3.240
  8 in total

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