Evolutionary ecology: The right size for a mammal

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6623, 1997, Pages 332-

  Purvis, Andy ^a   Harvey, Paul H ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 1842333247     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386332b0     Document Type: Short Survey

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