The influence of metabolic resources of pregnant water voles (Arvicola terrestris) on secondary sex proportion

Zoologicheskii Zhurnal

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1488-1494

  Nazarova, G G ^a   Evsikov, V I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARVICOLA; ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13444282471     PISSN: 00445134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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