Smart moves: effects of relative brain size on establishment success of invasive amphibians and reptiles.

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Published in PLoS One on April 06, 2011

Authors

Joshua J Amiel1, Reid Tingley, Richard Shine

Author Affiliations

1: School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. jami3107@uni.sydney.edu.au

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