Effect of food quality on the energetics of reproduction in a precocial rodent, Octodon degus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 971-978

  Veloso, C ^a   Bozinovic, F ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Food intake; Litter mass; Litter size; Precocial rodents; Reproduction; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; FOOD QUALITY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 0033662866     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0971:EOFQOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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