Diet Quality Differentially Affects Breeding Effort of Mastomys coucha and M. natalensis: Implications for Rodent Pests

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-108

  Jackson, Timothy P ^a   Van Aarde, Rudi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS COUCHA; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1642484438     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.20006     Document Type: Article

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