Effects of summer and winter birth on growth of lambs in a population of feral sheep

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1028-1037

  Réale, Denis ^a   Boussès, Patrick ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Birth seasons; Body mass gain; Feral sheep; Horn growth; Ovis aries; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0001585925     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383273     Document Type: Article

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