Mammalian postnatal growth estimates: The influence of weaning on the choice of a comparative metric

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1042-1049

  Melin, Amanda D ^a   Bergmann, Philip J ^a,b   Russell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Comparative metrics; Growth; Mammals; Morphometrics; Rattus norvegicus; Reduced major axis regression; Rodentia; Standard measures; Weaning

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MORPHOMETRY; RODENT; WEANING;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 27244432300     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[1042:MPGETI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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