Tactics of maternal investment of northern grasshopper mice in response to postnatal restriction of food

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1092-1101

  Sikes, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

lactation; maternal investment; Onychomys; Trivers Willard hypothesis

Indexed keywords

LEUCOGASTER; ONYCHOMYS; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER;

EID: 0030464584     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382790     Document Type: Article

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