surface_area_from_length {TrenchR} | R Documentation |
This function estimates surface area (m2) from length (m) by approximating the animal's body as a rotational ellipsoid with half the body length as the semi-major axis.
surface_area_from_length(l)
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Following Samietz et al. (2005) and Lactin and Johnson (1998).
numeric
surface area (m2).
Lactin DJ, Johnson DL (1998).
“Convective heat loss and change in body temperature of grasshopper and locust nymphs: Relative importance of wind speed, insect size and insect orientation.”
Journal of Thermal Biology, 23(1), 5-13.
ISSN 0306-4565, doi: 10.1016/S0306-4565(97)00037-5, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306456597000375.
Samietz J, Salser MA, Dingle H (2005).
“Altitudinal variation in behavioural thermoregulation: local adaptation vs. plasticity in California grasshoppers.”
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18(4), 1087-1096.
doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00893.x.
Other allometric functions:
mass_from_length()
,
proportion_silhouette_area_shapes()
,
proportion_silhouette_area()
,
surface_area_from_mass()
,
surface_area_from_volume()
,
volume_from_length()
surface_area_from_length(l = 0.04)