Life history of voles: Growth and maturation in seasonal cohorts of the root vole

Miscellania Zoologica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Gliwicz, J ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Growth; Life history; Maturation; Microtus oeconomus; Seasonal cohorts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002810463     PISSN: 02116529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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