Seasonal changes in body mass, composition, and organs of northern red-backed voles in interior Alaska

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 443-459

  Zuercher, Gerald L ^a,b   Roby, Daniel D ^a,c   Rexstad, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Body composition; Body mass; Clethrionomys rutilus; Components; Red backed voles; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CLETHRIONOMYS RUTILUS; MURIDAE; RUTILUS;

EID: 0001093808     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383292     Document Type: Article

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