Pinniped brain sizes

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 469-481

  Bininda Emonds, Olaf R P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0034026786     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00939.x     Document Type: Note

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