Effects of weather and season on the summer activity of dormice Muscardinus avellanarius

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 521-530

  Bright, P W ^a   Morris, P A ^a   Wiles, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCARDINUS AVELLANARIUS;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DORMOUSE; PHOTOPERIOD; RAINFALL; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TORPOR; WEATHER;

EID: 0029666969     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05410.x     Document Type: Article

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