Why were dinosaurs so large? A food quality hypothesis

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1093-1095

  Midgley, J J ^a   Midgley, G ^b   Bond, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Nutrients; Sauropods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042403528     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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