Ecogeographical Variation in Skull Shape of South-American Canids: Abiotic or Biotic Processes?
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عنوان ژورنال: Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0071-3260,1934-2845
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-015-9362-3