The role of growth stop as a morphogenetic factor in Mastomys natalensis (Rodentia: Muridae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 791-800

  Fadda, Carlo ^a,b   Leirs, Herwig ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environment; Ontogeny; Rodent; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOGENESIS; ONTOGENY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 68349144277     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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