One equation fits overkill: why allometry underpins both prehistoric and modern body size-biased extinctions

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Population Ecology

• Publication date

  2005-04-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10144-005-0213-4
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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