Energy requirements of beavers (Castor canadensis) swimming underwater

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 456-463

  Allers, Dirk ^a   Culik, Boris M ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 0031190970     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515852     Document Type: Article

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