The effects of ecology on life history strategies and metabolic disturbances during development: An example from the African bovids

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-279

  Macho, Gabriele A ^a   Williamson, Daisy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Dental development; Ecology; Gestation length; Life history; Metabolic disturbances

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; ECOLOGY; GESTATION; LIFE HISTORY; UNGULATE;

BOVIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036485874     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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