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Anuran brain size predicts food availability-driven population density

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This work was supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (31970393) and the Key Project of Natural Sciences Foundation of Sichuan Province (22NSFSC0011). We thank Mai, C.L., Liu, W., Cheng, S.N. and Chen, C. for helping collect samplings in fieldwork.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nanchong, 637002, China

    Ying Jiang & Wenbo Liao

  2. School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China

    Ying Jiang, Xiaofeng Luan & Wenbo Liao

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Jiang, Y., Luan, X. & Liao, W. Anuran brain size predicts food availability-driven population density. Sci. China Life Sci. 66, 415–417 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-022-2177-2

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