Brief communication: Growth velocity and weaning δ15N "dips" during ontogeny in Macaca mulatta

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 347-357

  Reitsema, Laurie J ^a   Muir, Andrew B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

growth and development; lactation; life history; nitrogen balance; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; INFANT; LACTATION; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; RHESUS MONKEY; SUBADULT; WEANING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; WEANING;

EID: 84929612777     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22713     Document Type: Article

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