Fitting Sigmoidal Equations to Mammalian Growth Curves

A Flexible Growth Function for Empirical Use

1959 • 3,987 citations

Ontogeny and Phylogeny

1977 • 3,887 citations

Bioenergetics and Growth.

1946 • 3,395 citations

Growth Rates and Models

1979 • 1,294 citations

PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS

1968 • 815 citations

Mammals of the World

1969 • 765 citations

On the Evolution and Adaptive Significance of Postnatal Growth Rates in the Terrestrial Vertebrates

1978 • 656 citations

AGE CRITERIA FOR THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT

1966 • 460 citations

Growth and Development

2006 • 424 citations

Food Availability as a Proximate Factor Influencing Individual Growth Rates in the Iguanid Lizard Sceloporus Merriami

1978 • 331 citations

Dynamics of normal growth.

1965 • 263 citations

The life history and ecology of the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

1971 • 255 citations

The Biology of the Monotremes

1978 • 240 citations

Dynamics of relative growth.

1965 • 239 citations

Estimating and Interpreting Body-Size Growth in Some Anolis Lizards

1978 • 221 citations

The Biology of the Red Squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus loquax (Bangs), in Central New York

1954 • 207 citations

Nutrient Requirements for Growth and Antler Development in the White-Tailed Deer

1956 • 171 citations

Energetics of Reproduction in Peromyscus Leucopus: The Cost of Lactation

1978 • 170 citations

The Tenrecs: a study in mammalian behavior and evolution

1970 • 149 citations

Growth in the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella

1979 • 134 citations

The Biology of the Striped Skunk.

1969 • 134 citations

An Ecological Study of the Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) in the Oklahoma Panhandle

1969 • 123 citations

Growth of the marsupial Trichosurus vulpecula and a comparison with some higher mammals.

1957 • 121 citations

Aspects of Ageing, Growth, and Reproduction of Bobcats from Wyoming

1975 • 116 citations

PERIODICITY OF GROWTH IN UNGULATES AS SHOWN BY DEER OF THE GENUS ODOCOILEUS

1962 • 115 citations

Fitting the von Bertalanffy growth equation to polar bear age–weight data

1979 • 115 citations

Fox Squirrels and Gray Squirrels in Illinois

1945 • 112 citations

Beobachtungen zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie und Jugendentwicklung des Eichhörnchens (Sciurus vulgaris L.)

2010 • 107 citations

Growth and development of the barren-ground caribou. II. Postnatal growth rates

1968 • 98 citations

Population studies of the cave bat (Myotis velifer): reproduction, growth, and development

1973 • 90 citations

Growth, Development, and Wing Loading in the Evening Bat, Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque)

1967 • 83 citations

Population ecology of the gray bat (Myotis grisescens): factors influencing early growth and development

1975 • 82 citations

Relative Allocation of Energy to Growth and Development of Homeothermy in the Eastern Wood Rat (Neotoma floridana) and Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)

1980 • 79 citations

Maternal care, growth rate, and development in the noctule (Nyctalus noctula), pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), and serotine (Eptesicus serotinus) bats

1969 • 79 citations

The Life History and Ecology of the Jumping Mouse, Zapus Hudsonius

1951 • 77 citations

Sex and Age Determination in the Opossum

1949 • 74 citations

Natural History of the Tulare Kangaroo Rat

1941 • 74 citations

Weights and Growth of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in Western Alberta

1970 • 72 citations

Reproductive Behaviour of the Marsupial Mouse, antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse) (Marsupialia) and the development of the Pouch young.

1961 • 71 citations

The Ontogeny of Social Behavior in the Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

1974 • 71 citations

Milk Consumption and Weight Gain of White-Tailed Deer

1975 • 71 citations

Observations on the attatchment of marsupial pouch young to the teats and on the rearing of pouch young by foster-mothers of the same or different species

1966 • 68 citations

Social and physical maturation in captive lion tamarins, Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia (Primates:Callitrichidae)

1982 • 68 citations

Colonial Behavior of Eptesicus fuscus

1968 • 64 citations

Alaskan moose measurements and weights and measurement–weight relationships

1978 • 63 citations

Relative growth in the northern fur seal.

1953 • 61 citations

Observations on the breeding and growth of the marsupial Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, with notes on other bandicoots.

1964 • 60 citations

Reproduction and Early Post-Natal Development of the Cotton Mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus gossypinus

1952 • 59 citations

The Behaviour of the African Giant Rat (Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse)

1967 • 57 citations

Effect of Litter Size on Postnatal Growth and Survival in the Desert Woodrat

1973 • 57 citations

Reproductive Adaptations of the Red Tree Mouse

1962 • 56 citations

Changes in Energy Stores during Postnatal Development of the Harp Seal, Phoca groenlandica

1983 • 56 citations

Life history and ecology of the chipmunk, Eutamias amoenus, in eastern Washington

1958 • 55 citations

Estimation and comparison of parameters in stochastic growth models for barn owls.

1980 • 55 citations

Age estimation by measurement of pouch young of the Quokka (Setonix brachyurus).

1961 • 54 citations

Aspects of the reproduction, growth and development of the four-striped field mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio (Sparrman, 1784)

1982 • 53 citations

Reproduction and post-natal development in the marsupial Bettongia lesueur (Quoy & Gaimard)

1968 • 50 citations

The Reproduction of Heteromyid Rodents in Captivity

1963 • 50 citations

Mongooses. Their Natural History and Behaviour

1968 • 49 citations

A study of breeding in grey kangaroos, Macropus giganteus Shaw and M. fuliginosus (Desmarest), in central New South Wales

1973 • 44 citations

Life History Notes on Merriam's Kangaroo Rat in Southern Arizona

1960 • 42 citations

A Study of the Life History and Ecology of the Round‐Tailed Muskrat (Neofiber alleni True) in North‐Central Florida

1963 • 42 citations

Ecology of the euro, Macropus Robustus (Gould), in North Western Australia - IV Age and Growth

1967 • 42 citations

Notes on Early Postnatal Development in Certain Southern African Muridae and Cricetidae

1970 • 41 citations

Growth and development of infant M. mulatta fed a standardized diet.

1969 • 40 citations

Maintenance, Reproduction and Growth of the Least Shrew in Captivity

1958 • 39 citations

Growth and Development of Young Pallid Bats, Antrozous pallidus

1969 • 39 citations

Physical Development in Coyotes (Canis latrans), with a Comparison to Other Canids

1975 • 38 citations

A Natural History Study of Microtus Californicus

1935 • 38 citations

Life History Notes on the Northern Pine Mouse

1938 • 38 citations

Notes on Cougar Productivity and Life History

1961 • 37 citations

Breeding and Survival in a Population of Water Voles

1971 • 37 citations

Home Range and Ecology of Snowshoe Hares in Interior Alaska

1965 • 36 citations

Reproduction and growth of the fox in the Canberra district

1963 • 34 citations

Practical application of generic growth theory and the significance of the growth curve parameters.

1979 • 31 citations

Growth, Developmental Food Requirements, and Breeding Activity of the California Jack Rabbit

1947 • 31 citations

Body Growth in Sixteen Rodent Species and Subspecies Maintained in Laboratory Colonies

1977 • 31 citations

Management and breeding of Maned wolves

1979 • 30 citations

Growth and Development in the Belding Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beldingi beldingi)

1971 • 30 citations

Life History of the Phenacomys Vole

1961 • 30 citations

Observations on the Life History of Baiomys Taylori Subater

1941 • 30 citations

The biology of the saiga.

1961 • 30 citations

Breeding Habits of the Short-Tailed Shrew, Blarina brevicauda

1929 • 28 citations

Reproduction and Growth for Two Species of Grasshopper Mice (Onychomys) in the Laboratory

1970 • 28 citations

Developmental patterns in the Barrow ground squirrel, Spermophilus undulatus barrowensis.

1954 • 28 citations

Observations on the Reproductive Cycle of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys Ludovicianus)

1951 • 27 citations

Age and Growth in Phocoena Phocoena Linnaeus, 1758 (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the North Sea

1978 • 27 citations

The growth of the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus, from birth to maturity

1972 • 27 citations

Muskrat Breeding Biology at Delta, Manitoba

1959 • 27 citations

Ontogeny and Maternal Care

1979 • 27 citations

Reproduction and Development in Confined Swamp Rabbits

1968 • 26 citations

Reproduction in Red pandas, Ailurus fulgens (Carnivora: Ailuropodidae)

1979 • 26 citations

REPRODUCTION AND GROWTH IN THE CREEPING VOLE, MICROTUS OREGONI SERPENS MERRIAM

1954 • 26 citations

A Field Study of Growth and Development of Nestling Masked Shrews (Sorex cinereus)

1976 • 26 citations

Growth of the parma wallaby, Macropus parma Waterhouse

1976 • 25 citations

Growth and development of the European ferret (Mustela putorius).

1978 • 25 citations

Breeding jaguars at Ostrava Zoo

1971 • 25 citations

Growth and Development of Desert Bighorn Sheep

1965 • 25 citations

The breeding biology of Miniopterus schreibersi blepotis (Temminck) (chiroptera) in north-eastern New South Wales

1962 • 24 citations

Observations on Reproduction, Growth, and Behavior of the Northern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides)

1978 • 24 citations

Laboratory Breeding, Early Growth Development and Behavior of Citellus tridecemlineatus (Rodentia)

1966 • 24 citations

The Bushy-Tailed Wood Rat: A Laboratory Colony

1962 • 23 citations

Reproduction, Growth and Parental Care in Crab-Eating Foxes Cerdocyon thous at the National Zoological Park, Washington

1978 • 23 citations

Aspects of reproduction in the genus Notomys (Muridae)

1974 • 23 citations

Differential developmental patterns and their adaptive value in various species of the genus Citellus.

1966 • 22 citations

Growth, Development and Seasonal Weights of Spotted Skunks

1944 • 22 citations

Mating Behavior and Development of Least Weasels (Mustela nivalis) in Captivity

1968 • 22 citations

Postnatal growth and development of thermogenesis in Rousettus aegyptiacus

1979 • 21 citations

Re-Examination of the Fitting of the Richards Growth Function

1977 • 21 citations

Reproduction in the pseudomyine rodent Mesembriomys gouldii (Gray) (Muridae)

1969 • 21 citations

Notes on the Reproduction, Growth, and Development of Echimyid Rodents in Panama

1970 • 20 citations

Enhanced growth and development of captive musk shrews, Suncus murinus, on an improved diet.

1971 • 20 citations

Post-Natal Development Of The African Bush Rat,Aethomys Chrysophilus

1972 • 20 citations

Growth and development of Dipodomys stephensi.

1967 • 20 citations

Beitrag zur Morphologie und Körperlichen Jugendentwicklung des Springtamarin Callimico Goeldii (Thomas, 1904)

1967 • 19 citations

Reproduction in mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula)

1979 • 19 citations

Growth and Development of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats

1961 • 18 citations

Growth and Development of Two Species of Tropical Heteromyid Rodents

1977 • 18 citations

Pre- and postnatal growth phenomena of Burchell's Zebra <i>Equus Burchelli Antiquorum</i>

1975 • 18 citations

Reproduction, Growth and Development, and Behavior in the Mexican Prairie Dog, Cynomys mexicanus (Merriam)

1974 • 18 citations

Mammals of the U.S.S.R.

1944 • 17 citations

Postnatal development of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster.

1973 • 17 citations

Growth and development of the little pocket mouse, perognathus longimembris.

1966 • 16 citations

Laboratory life histories of Peromyscus eremicus and Peromyscus interparietalis.

1968 • 16 citations

Reproductive Biology of Ototylomys (Cricetidae)

1975 • 16 citations

Weaning of Captive Raccoons

1969 • 16 citations

Breeding the Zanzibar galago Galago senegalensis zanzibaricus at Wroclaw Zoo

1968 • 16 citations

The postnatal development of the white-toothed Shrew Crocidura russula monacha in captivity

1972 • 16 citations

Estimation and testing of parameters in Richards growth model for western grebes.

1977 • 16 citations

Growth in Two Subspecies of Peromyscus maniculatus

1972 • 15 citations

Postnatal Growth and Development of Peromyscus Maniculatus nubiterrae

1970 • 15 citations

Growth and Development of Pseudomys gracilicaudatus (Rodentia: Muridae) in the Laboratory

1982 • 14 citations

Age estimation by measurement of Joeys of the Euro Macropus robustus Gould in Western Australia.

1963 • 14 citations

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE NOCTULE, NYCTALUS LASIOPTERUS SCHREBER

1972 • 14 citations

Growth and Development of Rattus exulans

1973 • 14 citations

Postnatal physical and behavioural development of Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis (A. Smith, 1834)

1976 • 14 citations

The individual growth curve of the hare

1971 • 14 citations

Development of Young Varying Lemmings (<i>Dicrostonyx</i>)

1957 • 14 citations

Weight and Growth in Malaysian Rain Forest Mammals

1965 • 13 citations

Weights of Rocky Mountain Elk

1976 • 13 citations

Behaviour of the bush squirrel, Paraxerus cepapi cepapi (A. Smith, 1836)

1977 • 13 citations

Reproduction and Growth of the Tundra Hare (Lepus othus)

1977 • 12 citations

Metabolic rate during the postnatal development of wild boars

1972 • 12 citations

Reproduction in female gundis(Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae)

1978 • 12 citations

Seasonal Maintenance and Net Production of Two Sympatric Species of Subarctic Microtine Rodents

1977 • 12 citations

Growth of maturing Macaca mulatta.

1972 • 12 citations

Birth and development of Spotted hyaenas Crocuta crocuta at the University of Ibadan Zoo, Nigeria

1969 • 11 citations

The growth and development of Wolverines at Novosibirsk Zoo

1981 • 11 citations

Postnatal Development and Growth of the Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus Lateralis Lateralis

1969 • 11 citations

Breeding biology and postnatal development of the African dwarf mouse

1978 • 11 citations

The Growth and net production in the common vole during postnatal period

1970 • 11 citations

Reproductive Biology and Development of the Water Rat, Hydromys chrysogaster, in Captivity

1982 • 10 citations

The Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat, Sigmodon ochrognathus, in Arizona

1963 • 10 citations

Growth and development of the impala <I>Aepyceros melampus</I>

1976 • 10 citations

Reproduction and Post-Natal Development of South African Mustelines (Carnivora: Mustelidae)

1978 • 9 citations

OBSERVATIONS ON GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM (GERBILLINAE, RODENTIA) AT KHARTOUM, SUDAN

1968 • 9 citations

MODALITES DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DEVELOPPEMENT POSTNATAL EN CAPTIVITE CHEZ SUNCUS ETRUSCUS (SAVI, 1822)

1973 • 9 citations

Hand rearing an aardvark Orycteropus afer at Crandon Park Zoo, Miami

1969 • 9 citations

The Pouch Young of the Potoroo

1960 • 9 citations

Growth and development of Rattus lutreolus (Rodentia : Muridae) in the laboratory

1979 • 9 citations

Notes on Two Litters of Townsend's Chipmunks

1972 • 9 citations

OBSERVATIONS ON REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN MUS MUSCULOIDES (RODENTIA, MURIDAE)

1976 • 8 citations

Observations on the reproductive biology and early post-natal development of two species of African rodents

1981 • 8 citations

An Unusual Porcupine Parturition and Development of the Young

1943 • 8 citations

Growth Curves for Bushy-Tailed Woodrats Based upon Animals Raised in the Wild

1973 • 8 citations

Experimental breeding and cytogenetics of the soft-furred rat, Millardia meltada

1978 • 7 citations

Notes on the Life History of the Flying Squirrel

1946 • 7 citations

Birth and growth of a male White rhinoceros (Cerathotherium simum simum) at Hanover Zoo

1972 • 7 citations

Weight gain of the Afghan pika (Ochotona rufescens rufescens) from birth to 19 weeks of age, and during gestation.

1974 • 7 citations

NAISSANCE ET ÉLEVAGE EN CAPTIVITÉ DE JEUNES CRYPTOPROCTA FEROX, VIVERRIDÉS MALGACHES

1969 • 7 citations

Breeding and reproductive physiology of the desert gerbil, Meriones crassus.

1978 • 7 citations

LA REPRODUCTION DES GENETTES AU ZOO DE PRAGUE

1959 • 7 citations

OBSERVATIONS SUR LA BIOLOGIE LA REPRODUCTION ET LA CROISSANCE DE LEMNISCOMYS STRIATUS (RONGEURS, MURIDES)

1964 • 7 citations

Ontogenese du comportement du lérot, Eliomys quercinus L. (Rodentia, Gliridae). I. Developpement corporel et moteur

1980 • 7 citations

Growth rate of newborn black bear cubs (Ursus americanus).

1966 • 6 citations

Breeding the Caracal lynx Felis caracal at Brno Zoo

1967 • 6 citations

Growth and Development of Two Species of Chipmunks: Eutamias panamintinus and E. palmeri

1977 • 6 citations

Observations on Breeding of the Pencil-Tailed Tree Mouse, Chiropodomys gliroides

1967 • 6 citations

Postnatal Growth and Development of Apodemus argenteus

1978 • 5 citations

Reproduction and Growth of Eutamias quadrivittatus in Southeastern Utah

1969 • 5 citations

Laboratory and Field Observations onZelotomys Woosnami(Rodentia: Muridae)

1977 • 5 citations

Laboratory rearing of the climbing rat, Tylomys nudicaudatus.

1970 • 5 citations

A note on the development and growth of European badgers Meles meles born at Wroclaw Zoo

1968 • 5 citations

The management and reproduction of the Large hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus, at the National Zoological Park

1982 • 5 citations

comparative growth rates of hand‐reared big cats

1968 • 5 citations

Reproduction in the Ring‐tailed mongoose

1979 • 4 citations

Breeding tree-shrews and mouse lemurs in captivity

1975 • 4 citations

Notes on early Post-Natal development of the Namaqua Gerbil <i>Desmodillus Auricularis</i>

1973 • 4 citations

Notes on the early post -natal development and behaviour of the tiny musk shrew, Crocidura bicolor Boeage, 1889 (Insectivora : Soricidae)

1979 • 4 citations

La reproduction du Chat des marais Felis chaus (Güldenstädt, 1776)

1979 • 3 citations

Food requirements of the lesser bandicoot rat

1981 • 3 citations

The Young of the Woodland Jumping Mouse, Napaeozapus insignis insignis (Miller)

1954 • 3 citations

Litter size and rate of offspring development in rodents.

1972 • 3 citations

Birth and Growth of Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus Hermaphroditus) in Captivity

1978 • 2 citations

The Post-Natal Development of the Reproductive Tract of the Springbok Ram LambAntidorcas Marsupialis MarsupialisZimmermann

1971 • 2 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations