Primate bioenergetics: An evolutionary perspective

PRIMATE ORIGINS: Adaptations and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 703-737

  Snodgrass, J J ^a   Leonard, W R ^b   Robertson, M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33507-0_20     Document Type: Chapter

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