Extinction, dwarfing and the Lilliput effect

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Wade, Bridget S ^a   Twitchett, Richard J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70449656993     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.08.019     Document Type: Editorial

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