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Larisa R G DeSantis1, Robert S Feranec2, Kena Fox-Dobbs3
1Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA; Department of Rancho La Brea, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA.
Current Biology : CB
|February 26, 2020
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DeSantis et al. respond to the concerns raised by Van Valkenburgh et al. on their original study.
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