Body Size, Population Metabolism, and Habitat Specialization Among Large African Herbivores
1989; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 133; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1086/284949
ISSN1537-5323
Autores Tópico(s)Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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