Energetics of Litter Size in Five Species of Peromyscus with Generalizations for Other Mammals
- 29 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 66 (4) , 629-642
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1380789
Abstract
The energetic cost and efficiency of lactation in five species of Peromyscus (P. maniculatus, P. leucopus, P. polionotus, P. eremicus, and P. floridaThis publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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