How to build a mammalian super-predator

2008/03/04 by Stephen Wroe, Michael B. Lowry, Mauricio Antón +1 · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Neuroscience · #Biology #Cephalopods and Marine Biology #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Predation #Predator #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.zool.2007.07.008

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