Female reproductive responses to photoperiod and male odours in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-85

  Fanjul, M Sol ^a   Zenuto, Roxana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ctenomys; Odours; Photoperiod; Subterranean rodents; Vaginal smears

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ODOR; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 39049109108     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03194280     Document Type: Article

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