Joint Analysis Model for Allometric Relationship of Multiple Partial Body Size and Entire Body Size
The reciprocal of the simple allometric model is also a power function , which can determine the allometric re-lationship of the organism .However , the meaning of scaling exponent ( ie allometric index ) is opposite to the biology meaning of scale from simple exponential function .Based on the above considerations , a static allometry scaling model of entire body size on multiple partial body size is developed , which can not only simultaneously evaluate allometry scaling of multiple partial body size , but also take into account the correlations among multiple partial body size .Ontogeny allo-metric may be time-dependent , thus individuals allometric is a variable changed with time , which can be derived from multiple stepwise regression analysis .The proposed joint analysis method is suitable for analyzing the same or similar mul-tiple biological traits and functions , which will be illustrated in detail through two examples .