Effect of weather on individual growth rates in cotton rats, Sigmodon hispidus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1277-1287

  Eifler, Maria A ^a,b   Slade, Norman A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass dynamics; Cotton rats; Growth; Sigmodon hispidus; Weather

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAMMALIA; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0006927297     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383178     Document Type: Article

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