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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Nature Portfolio
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/cdc99c596b5744f6bde3f16c8d35774e |
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