Inefficiency of lactation in primiparous rats: The costs of first reproduction

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 571-577

  Künkele, Joachim ^a,b   Kenagy, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETIC COST; LACTATION; LONG-EVANS RAT;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0041996091     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515862     Document Type: Article

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