Milk composition of two precocial, arid-dwelling rodents, Kerodon rupestris and Acomys cahirinus

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1402-1418

  Derrickson, Elissa Miller ^a   Jerrard, Nicholas ^a   Oftedal, Olav ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; KERODON RUPESTRIS;

EID: 0030478821     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.6.30164266     Document Type: Article

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