Retarded senescence in an insular population of Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 229, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 695-708

  Austad, Steven N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPOSSUM; SENESCENCE; VIRGINIA OPOSSUM;

DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0027384878     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1993.tb02665.x     Document Type: Article

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