Growth in arctic ungulates: Postnatal development and organ maturation in Rangifer tarandus and Ovibos moschatus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-130

  Knott, Katrina K ^a   Barboza, Perry S ^a   Bowyer, R Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Digestive morphology; Gut; Herbivore; Life history; Lipid; Liver; Ruminant; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HERBIVORE; MATERNAL CARE; MATURATION; UNGULATE;

BOVIDAE; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 9344246649     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086<0121:GIAUPD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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