The evolution of island gigantism and body size variation in tortoises and turtles

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Biology Letters

• Publication date

  2011-08-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1084PMID 21270022PMCID PMC3130210
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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