The largest among the smallest: The body mass of the giant rodent Josephoartigasia monesi

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1646, 2008, Pages 1953-1955

  Millien, Virginie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; EXTINCT SPECIES; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; JOSEPHOARTIGASIA MONESI; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 47249129811     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0087     Document Type: Note

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