Sexual differences in reproductive effort of Richardson's ground squirrels

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-19

  Michener, Gail R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Body mass; Hibernation; Lifespan; Reproduction; Sciuridae; Sex ratio; Spermophilus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001796894     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382838     Document Type: Article

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