Aging black-tailed prairie dogs by weight of eye lenses

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 874-881

  Stockrahm, Donna M Bruns ^a   Dickerson, Bobbi J ^a   Adolf, Stacy L ^a   Seabloom, Robert W ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; black tailed prairie dog; Cynomys ludovicianus; North Dakota; weight of eye lenses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029862242     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382693     Document Type: Article

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