Effect of Supplemental High-fat Forage on Body Composition in Wild Meadow Voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 146-153

  Unangst Jr , Edward T ^a   Wunder, Bruce A ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FAT; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842269873     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)151[0146:EOSHFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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