title: Fractional factorial analysis of growth and weaning success in Peromyscus maniculatus.
abstract: Fractional factorial designs were used to explore simultaneously the effects of eight variables on survival and growth of neonatal deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus. Two of the variables had significant effects on weaning success. The magnitudes of their effects are illustrated.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000502:physiology; D000833:Animals, Suckling / Q000502:physiology; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D001835:Body Weight; D005508:Food Deprivation; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D010542:Peromyscus / Q000502:physiology*; D014868:Water Deprivation; D014886:Weaning