Body size in proboscideans, with notes on elephant metabolism

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

• Publication date

  2004-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1096-3642.2004.00113.X
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