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Two recent papers[ 1 Kozlowski J Weiner J Am. Nat. 1997; 149: 352-379 Crossref Scopus (212) Google Scholar , 2 West G.B Brown J.H Enquist B.J Science. 1997; 276: 122-126 Crossref PubMed Scopus (3459) Google Scholar ]on allometries have received much attention in Nature[ 3 Purvis A Harvey P.H Nature. 1997; 386: 332-333 Crossref PubMed Scopus (14) Google Scholar ], Science[ 4 Williams N Science. 1997; 276: 34 Crossref PubMed Scopus (18) Google Scholar ], and most recently in TREE[ 5 Gates S.E Gittleman J.L Trends Ecol. Evol. 1997; 12: 338-339 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar ]. None of these five articles refers to other recent studies[ 6 Witting L J. Theor. Biol. 1995; 177: 129-137 Crossref Scopus (35) Google Scholar , 7 Witting, L. (1997) A General Theory of Evolution. By Means of Selection by Density Dependent Competitive Interactions, Peregrine Publisher Google Scholar ]that question the conclusions in Refs [ 1 Kozlowski J Weiner J Am. Nat. 1997; 149: 352-379 Crossref Scopus (212) Google Scholar ]and [ 2 West G.B Brown J.H Enquist B.J Science. 1997; 276: 122-126 Crossref PubMed Scopus (3459) Google Scholar ].

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