Palaeohistology reveals a slow pace of life for the dwarfed Sicilian elephant

Abstract The 1-m-tall dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon falconeri from the Pleistocene of Sicily (Italy) is an extreme example of insular dwarfism and epitomizes the Island Rule. Based on scaling of life-history (LH) traits with body mass, P. falconeri is widely considered to be ‘r-selected’ by truncatio...

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Autores principales: Meike Köhler, Victoria Herridge, Carmen Nacarino-Meneses, Josep Fortuny, Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Antonietta Rosso, Rossana Sanfilippo, Maria Rita Palombo, Salvador Moyà-Solà
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/cdc99c596b5744f6bde3f16c8d35774e
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