Is weight at birth a good predictor of weight in winter for fallow deer?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-54

  Pélabon, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

birth weight; body weight in winter; Dama dama; fallow deer; France; growth; sex biased maternal care

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; DAMA;

EID: 0030990187     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382637     Document Type: Article

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