State-dependent life history and senescence of white-footed mice

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Morris, Douglas W ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Evolution; Life history; Litter size; Peromyscus; Senescence

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE;

PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 0029661537     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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