An improved body mass dataset for the study of marsupial brain size evolution

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-82

  Weisbecker, Vera ^a   Ashwell, Ken ^b   Fisher, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METATHERIA;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; ORGAN SIZE; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; MARSUPIALIA; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84886582073     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348647     Document Type: Short Survey

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