Postnatal development of thermoregulation in the semiaquatic muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1521-1529

  MacArthur, Robert A ^a   Humphries, Murray M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION;

ONDATRA ZIBETHICA;

EID: 0033490493     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-140     Document Type: Article

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