Why did sauropod dinosaurs grow so big? -- a possible answer from the life history theory

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2020.110485zbMath1457.92026OpenAlexW3084255056WikidataQ99370961 ScholiaQ99370961MaRDI QIDQ2225932

Yoh Iwasa, Yuki Kanayama

Publication date: 11 February 2021

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110485

zbMATH Keywords

logistic growthlife history strategymesozoic erasize-dependent predation risk

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Developmental biology, pattern formation (92C15)

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