Postweaning mass gain in juvenile alpine marmots Marmota marmota

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 370-376

  Allainé, Dominique ^a   Graziani, Laurent ^a   Coulon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine marmot; Body mass; Juvenile growth; Litter size; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MARMOT; PREWEANING GROWTH;

MARMOTA MARMOTA;

EID: 0031907958     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050388     Document Type: Article

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