The development of sexual dimorphism: Seasonal and lifetime mass changes in bighorn sheep

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 330-342

  Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a   Jorgenson, Jon T ^b   King, Wendy J ^a   Smith, Kirby G ^b   Wishart, William D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIGHORN; BODY MASS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0029668556     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-041     Document Type: Article

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