Physiological variability in neonatal armadillo quadruplets: Within- and between-litter differences

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1733-1740

  Bagatto, B ^a   Crossley II, D A ^a,b   Burggren, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Armadillo; Dasypus novemcinctus; Heart rate; Metabolic rate; Physiological variability; Quadruplet

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEART RATE; LUNG VENTILATION; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARMADILLOS; BODY WEIGHT; HEART RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY VENTILATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS;

EID: 0034095727     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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