Reproductive biology of a tropical, non-hibernating ground squirrel

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 134-146

  Waterman, Jane M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Cape ground squirrel; Non hibernating; Reproduction; Xerus inauris

Indexed keywords

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; XERUS INAURIS;

EID: 0030041657     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382715     Document Type: Article

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