Partitioning of metabolizable energy intake in sucking altricial and precocial rodent pups

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 269, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 502-505

  Kam, M ^a   Khokhlova, I S ^a   Degen, A A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Altricial; Energy partition; Metabolizable energy intake; Milk intake; Precocial; Rodents

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; METABOLISM; PARTITIONING; PRECOCIALITY; RODENT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33745886269     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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