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WHILE innumerable adaptations in structure and habits of animals have been described, we have as yet little knowledge of the physiological causes and effects of distribution and habitat.
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Fox, H., SIMMONDS, B. Metabolic Rate and Habitat. Nature 130, 277–278 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130277b0
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