Seasonal changes in the reproductive anatomy of male Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-275

  Mcallan, B M ^a   O'Shea, T ^a   Roberts, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTECHINUS STUARTII; DASYURIDAE; METATHERIA;

EID: 0030901370     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199703)231:3<261::AID-JMOR5>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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