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Climatic determinants of spring littering by feral coypus, Myocastor coypus
Author(s) -
Gosling L. M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1981.tb03465.x
Subject(s) - biology , spring (device) , ecology , adult male , zoology , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , engineering
The fat reserves of adult female coypus in winter and the proportion of females littering in the following spring were measured between 1971 and 1979. Data were from post mortem material obtained during the current trapping programme in East Anglia.