Ranging behaviour and time budgets of male wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus in different habitats and seasons

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-250

  Corp, Nadia ^a   Gorman, Martyn L ^a   Speakman, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Apodemus; Range; Time budget; Wood mouse

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS;

DECIDUOUS WOODLAND; DUNE; HOME RANGE; TIME BUDGET; WOOD MOUSE;

EID: 0030619366     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050079     Document Type: Article

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