Sex and age differences in mass, morphology, and annual cycle in european ground squirrels, Spermophilus citellus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 218-231

  Millesi, Eva ^a   Strijkstra, Arjen M ^b   Hoffmann, Ilse E ^a   Dittami, John P ^a   Daan, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Body mass changes; Ground squirrel; Hibernation; Spermophilus citellus; Survival

Indexed keywords

CITELLUS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS CITELLUS;

EID: 0001561446     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383222     Document Type: Article

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