Cranial growth of captive bred bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus)

Acta Zoologica Lituanica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-40

  Balčiauskienė, Laima ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Captive bred bank vole; Growth; Skull

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012561028     PISSN: 13921657     EISSN: 16486919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13921657.2007.10512813     Document Type: Article

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