Does the Unusual Life History of the Precocial Cavy (Cavia magna) Translate into an Exceptional Field Metabolic Rate?

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

• Publication date

  2005-01-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/425197PMID 15702462
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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