Does primiparity affect the efficiency of converting energy to offspring production in the guinea-pig?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 300-306

  Künkele, Joachim ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SMALL MAMMAL;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034026868     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-217     Document Type: Article

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