The inverse relationship between species diversity and body mass: Do primates play by the "rules"?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-55

  Conroy, Glenn C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Primates; Speciosity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EVOLUTION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; REPTILIA;

EID: 0042785589     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(03)00082-4     Document Type: Article

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