Composition of the milk of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, an arboreal folivore

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 701-718

  Krockenberger, Andrew K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0000093572     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.3.30164223     Document Type: Article

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