A review of published sources for age at death in cattle

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Jones, Gillian G ^a   Sadler, Peta ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age at death; Cattle; Herd structure; Longevity; Mortality profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863494141     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1461410312Z.0000000001     Document Type: Review

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