Growth rates and intraspecific variation in body weights of raccoons (Procyon lotor) in southern Texas

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-27

  Gehrt, Stanley D ^a   Fritzell, Erik K ^b  

^a Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; WEIGHT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032907282     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0019:GRAIVI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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