A search for age-related changes in bite force and diet in shrews

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-240

  Carraway, Leslie N ^a   Verts, B J ^a   Jones, Marsha L ^a   Whitaker Jr , John O ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOREX; SOREX TROWBRIDGII; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0038811982     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426705     Document Type: Article

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