Effects of maternal nutrition on post-weaning growth in two North American rodents

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 303-310

  Sikes, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Bell Museum of Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Maternal care; Neotoma; Onychomys; Trivers Willard hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATORY GROWTH; EASTERN WOODRAT; GRASSHOPPER MOUSE; GROWTH; MATERNAL NUTRITION; POST-WEANING GROWTH; TRIVERS-WILLARD HYPOTHESIS;

NEOTOMA FLORIDANA; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER;

EID: 0029660508     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050246     Document Type: Article

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