Low scaling of a life history variable: Analysing eutherian gestation periods with and without phylogeny-informed statistics

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-16

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Dittmann, Marie T ^b   Müller, Dennis W H ^a,c   Zerbe, Philipp ^a   Codron, Daryl ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c National Park 'Bavarian Forest'   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allometry; Evolution; Mammal; Metabolic theory of ecology; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SET; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84888204975     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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