Prenatal protein malnutrition and visual discrimination learning in the sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1437-1442

  Punzo, Fred ^a   Laird, Ann ^a   Pedrosa, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Petaurus breviceps; Protein malnutrition; Sugar glider; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; MALNUTRITION; MARSUPIAL;

ANIMALIA; BREVICEPS; METATHERIA; PETAURUS; PETAURUS BREVICEPS;

EID: 0345134840     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BGW-112     Document Type: Article

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