Resources and energetics determined dinosaur maximal size

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 12184-12188

  McNab, Brian K ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectothermy; Endothermy; Energy expenditure; Varanid lizards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DINOSAUR; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; FOOD INTAKE; HERBIVORE; LIZARD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; MASS; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DESERT CLIMATE; DINOSAURS; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARDS; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; SAUROPODA; SQUAMATA; THEROPODA; VARANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67749131208     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904000106     Document Type: Article

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