Seasonal reproductive dynamics in a tropical Australian rodent, Rattus tunneyi tunneyi (Rodentia: Muridae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-168

  Taylor, J Mary ^a   Calaby, John H ^b  

^a CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MURIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS TUNNEYI TUNNEYI; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142715420     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO03010     Document Type: Article

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