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- 293
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- 5827
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- 57-60
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R. D. Martin
(1981).
Relative brain size and basal metabolic rate in terrestrial vertebrates.
Nature
, 293
(5827)
, 57-60.
https://doi.org/10.1038/293057a0
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- 10.1038/293057a0