Significant relationships between the serum leptin concentration and the conventional fat reserve indices in a wildlife species, Hokkaido sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-100

  Suzuki, Masatsugu ^a   Yokoyama, Mayumi ^b   Onuma, Manabu ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^c   Yamanaka, Masami ^d   Okada, Hideaki ^e   Ichimura, Yasuhiro ^f   Ohtaishi, Noriyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MUSEUM OF NATURE AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^d Shari Town Office   (Japan)

^e Shiretoko Nature Foundation   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FAT; UNGULATE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS NIPPON; CERVUS NIPPON YESOENSIS; UNGULATA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1942502290     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR02016     Document Type: Article

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