Fitting sigmoidal equations to mammalian growth curves

Elissa M. Zullinger; Robert E. Ricklefs; Kent H. Redford; Georgina M. Mace

doi:10.2307/1380844

Fitting sigmoidal equations to mammalian growth curves

Elissa M. Zullinger
, Robert E. Ricklefs
, Kent H. Redford
, Georgina M. Mace

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Mammalogy
Volume	65
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/1380844
State	Published - Nov 30 1984
Externally published	Yes

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Statistics and Probability

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