Variation in the latitudinal reproductive patterns of the genus Didelphis (Didelphimorphia:Didelphidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-342

  Rademaker, V ^a,b,c   Cerqueira, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Latitude; Litter size; Marsupial reproduction; Opossum

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; LATITUDE; LITTER SIZE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DIDELPHIS; METATHERIA;

EID: 33645859331     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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