Ecological factors affecting annual variation in commencement of hibernation in wild chipmunks (Tamias sibiricus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 731-744

  Kawamichi, Mieko ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

chipmunks; hibernation; Tamias sibiricus

Indexed keywords

TAMIAS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 0029855114     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382678     Document Type: Article

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