The impact of management practices on female capybara reproductive parameters in captivity

Capybara: Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species

Volumn 9781461440000, Issue , 2013, Pages 275-282

  Nogueira Filho, Sérgio L G ^a   Nogueira, Selene S C ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84949180154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4000-0_16     Document Type: Chapter

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