High inter-individual variation in the gestation length of the hedgehog tenrec, Echinops telfairi (Afrotheria)

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 364-374

  Kunzle H ^a   Nautrup, C Poulsen ^a   Schwarzenberger, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Insectivore; Pregnancy length; Reproductive delay; Torpor

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSECTIVORA; LITTER SIZE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSECTIVORA; LITTER SIZE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

AFROTHERIA; ANIMALIA; ECHINOPS TELFAIRI; ERINACEIDAE; TENREC; TENRECIDAE; TENRECINAE;

EID: 33751183547     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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