Body sizes and diversification rates of lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians and the tuatara

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Global Ecology and Biogeography

• Publication date

  2016-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.1111/GEB.12398
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