Table 2.

k_pr (kg female kg⁻¹ day⁻¹) as a function of m (kg) according to empirical regressions (y = am^b) collected in the meta-analysis. For abbreviations, see Table 1

No	Taxon	a	b	n	r2	P	Source
1	Spermatophyta	1.8 × 10−4	−0.16	279	0.75	<0.0001	Niklas and Enquist (2003)
2	Spermatophyta	3.0 × 10−4	−0.33	418	0.75	<0.0001	Niklas and Enquist (2003)
11	Copepoda	9.7 × 10−4	−0.25	3081	0.06	<0.001	Hirst and Bunker (2003)
12	Copepoda	1.3 × 100	0.17	452	0.05	<0.001	Hirst and Bunker (2003)
13	Copepoda	2.7 × 10−3	−0.26	35	0.32	0.002	Kiørboe and Sabatini (1995)
14	Copepoda	1.2 × 10−3	−0.26	10	0.72	0.002	Kiørboe and Sabatini (1995)
21	Osteichthyes	3.0 × 10−4	−0.19	139	0.74	<0.0001	Charnov et al. (2001)
31	Mammalia	4.9 × 10−4	−0.33	192	0.89	<0.0001	Charnov (2001)
32	Mammalia	1.9 × 10−3	−0.43	92	0.65	<0.0001	Blueweiss et al. (1978)
33	Mammalia	3.6 × 10−3	−0.40	30	0.90	<0.0001	Payne and Wheeler (1968)
34	Primates	8.4 × 10−4	−0.44	15	0.93	<0.0001	Payne and Wheeler (1968)