Annual cycle of body composition and hibernation in free-living Arctic ground squirrels

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 430-442

  Buck, C Loren ^a   Barnes, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Body mass; Fat; Ground squirrel; Hibernation; Life history; Spermophilus parryii

Indexed keywords

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII;

EID: 0000365405     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383291     Document Type: Article

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