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Reply to Vilar et al. : Sleep or hide, better for survival anytime

Author(s) -

Lee Hsiang Liow,

Mikael Fortelius,

Ella Bingham,

Kari Lintulaakso,

Heikki Mannila,

Larry Flynn,

Nils Chr. Stenseth

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.0806021105

Subject(s) - temperate climate , subtropics , mammal , taxon , ecology , range (aeronautics) , biology , sleep (system call) , habitat , evolutionary biology , computer science , operating system , materials science , composite material

Although Vilar et al. (1) found our results (2) interesting, they claimed that our explanation is flawed. Our primary purpose was to show, despite preservation biases in our fossil mammal dataset, that small mammals have a lower genus and species turnover rate than large mammals (2). Our dataset represents a range of habitats, from subtropical to temperate, and from …

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