Seasonal pelage color change: News based on a South American Rodent

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-86

  Camargo, Carolina R ^a   Colares, Elton ^b   Castrucci, Ana Maria L ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Univ Rio Grande   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Academia Brasileira de Ciencias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Color change; Endogenous rhythm; Molt; Pelage color; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALOMYS LAUCHA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33644929564     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 00013765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652006000100009     Document Type: Article

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