Endoscopie observations on tunnel blocking behaviour in the European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 377-380

  Hut, R A ^a,b   Scharff, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burrow; Predation; Respiration physiology; Spermophilus citellus; Tunnel block

Indexed keywords

CITELLUS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS CITELLUS;

EID: 0031700095     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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