Bioenergetics of reproduction and pup development in a subterranean rodent (Ctenomys talarum)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 469-478

  Zenuto, Roxana R ^a   Antinuchi, C Daniel ^a   Busch, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RODENT; UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SUCKLING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036768898     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344739     Document Type: Article

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