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In defence of the slim dodo: a reply to Louchart and Mourer-Chauviré

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This is a reply to Louchart A, Mourer-Chauviré C (2011) The Dodo was not so slim: leg dimensions and scaling to body mass. Naturwissenschaften 98: DOI 10.1007/s00114-011-0771-6

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Angst, D., Buffetaut, E. & Abourachid, A. In defence of the slim dodo: a reply to Louchart and Mourer-Chauviré. Naturwissenschaften 98, 359–360 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-011-0772-5

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