Embryo growth rates in birds and mammals

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 588-596

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Development; Embryo; Gompertz function; Growth; Life history; Senescence

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EMBRYO; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; NEONATE; PREGNANCY; SENESCENCE;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953438844     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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