TABLE BOX 5.1.

Model selection using ΔSIC along with parameter estimates of for the metabolic scaling relationship. For models M18 and M20, the parameter estimate and standard error are a function of temperature.

Model	SIC	ΔSIC	$\widehat{\beta }$	SE($\widehat{\beta }$)
M17	–80.6	25	0.87	0.015
M1	–104.1	1.5	0.87	0.015
M18	–97.5	7.6	0.83 + 0.00257 (temp)	$\sqrt{0.0023+(8.59\times {10}^{-6})\times {\text{temp}}^2+2\times -0.00013\times \text{temp}}$
M19	–86.1	8.1	0.91	0.025
M9	–105.6	0	0.89	0.021
M20	–98.4	7.2	0.87 + 0.00106 (temp)	$\sqrt{0.0033+(1.07\times {10}^{-5})\times {\text{temp}}^2+2\times -0.00017\times \text{temp}}$