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Animal body size distributions: patterns, mechanisms and implications
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Metadata
- Authors
- Blackburn, T. M., & Gaston, K. J.
- Venue
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1994-12
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 471-474
- ISSN
- 0169-5347 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2068813063
- Cited by
- 261
- References
- 31
- FWCI
- 3.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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