Facts from feces revisited

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 223-227

  Kohn, Michael H ^a   Wayne, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FECAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL FECES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031285080     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01050-1     Document Type: Review

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