Habitat Differences in Mass-Specific Litter Sizes of Hispid Cotton Rats
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- 17 May 1996
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 77 (2) , 346-350
Abstract
Litter size and body size of Sigmodon hispidus are known to covary positively both among and within some populations. In captivity, litter size varieKeywords
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