Postnatal brain size decrease, visual performance, learning, and discrimination ability of juvenile and adult American mink (Mustela vison: Carnivora: Mammalia)

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 269-280

  Steffen, Katja ^a   Kruska, D ^a   Tiedemann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain size; Mustela vison; Ontogenesis; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244502238     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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