Biology, not environment, drives major patterns in maximum tetrapod body size through time.
Abiotic and biological factors have been hypothesized as controlling maximum body size of tetrapods and other animals through geological time. We analyse the effects of three abiotic factors--oxygen, temperature and land area--on maximum size of Permian-Jurassic archosauromorphs and therapsids, and...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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