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RE: MRs OF SLOTHS etc

To: darren.naish@port.ac.uk
Subject: RE: MRs OF SLOTHS etc
From: "R. Irmis" <rbi@dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:35:56 -0700
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
In-reply-to: <E14qDwK-0007f8-00@hobbit.iso.port.ac.uk>
Reply-to: rbi@dana.ucc.nau.edu
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<<Even megamammals can breed fast and young and produce populations that
cannot then be
supported by their environment (hence the proposed 'boom and bust' model for
elephant populations).>>

Well, "fast" is a relative term.  I suggest you check out the following
paper:

Janis, C. M. & M. Carrano. 1992. Scaling of reproductive turnover in
archosaurs and mammals: Why are large terrestrial mammals so rare? In: M.
Fortelius, L. Werdelin and A. Forst?n (eds.), Bjorn Kurten Memorial Volume,
Acta Zoologica Fennica 28: 201-216

References:
- MRs OF SLOTHS etc
  - From: darren.naish@port.ac.uk

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