Comparison of microstructure of white winter fur and brown summer fur of some Arctic mammals

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-282

  Russell, John E ^a   Tumlison, Renn ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; HAIR ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THERMOREGULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WINTER;

EID: 0030433692     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1996.tb01272.x     Document Type: Article

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