Deprivation of food during pregnancy and reproduction in the water vole (Arvicola terrestris)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1078-1084

  Bazhan, Nadezhda M ^a   Makarova, Elena N ^a   Yakovleva, Tatjana V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arvicola terrestris; Food deprivation; litter size; pregnancy; sex ratio; water vole; young fecundity

Indexed keywords

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE;

EID: 0030475346     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382788     Document Type: Article

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