Changes in gut capacity with lactation and cold exposure in a species with low rates of energy use, the pine vole (Microtus pinetorum)

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 611-623

  Derting, Terry L ^a   Austin, Mitzi W ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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MICROTUS PINETORUM;

EID: 0032215845     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515981     Document Type: Article

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