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Table 1 95% confidence intervals of phylogenetically-controlled allometric slopes and de-logged intercepts (Y = aM b ) of gestation, lactation, and total development time in number of days

From: Basal metabolic rate and maternal energetic investment durations in mammals

  

Gestation

Lactation

Development

Order

N

b

a

b

a

b

a

Artiodactyla

100

0.05 - 0.11

54 - 122

0.23 - 0.4

1 - 10

0.11 - 0.19

41 - 110

Carnivora

146

0.10 - 0.20

14 - 46

0.04 - 0.2

10 - 72

0.11 - 0.20

27 - 75

Primates

106

0.06 - 0.13

58 - 106

0.33 - 0.51

4 - 18

0.21 - 0.34

29 - 80

Rodentia

105

0.06 - 0.13

18 - 35

0.08 - 0.17

14 - 24

0.08 - 0.15

34 - 57

All

457

0.10 - 0.14

28 - 53

0.15 - 0.23

11 - 31

0.13 - 0.18

41- 75