Trade-offs in energy allocation during lactation1

American Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-204

  Rocowitz, Gordon L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL INVESTMENT; TRADE-OFF;

SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0030456889     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/36.2.197     Document Type: Article

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