Body mass dynamics and growth patterns of leaf-eared mice Phyllotis darwini in a semi-arid region of the Neotropics

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-24

  Lima, Mauricio ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a   Jaksic, Fabian M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

body mass; Chile; cricetid rodent; growth rates; seasonality; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI; RODENTIA;

BODY MASS; GROWTH RATE; LEAF-EARED MOUSE; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CHILE;

EID: 0030609566     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.97-3     Document Type: Article

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