Body fat and time of year interact to mediate dispersal behaviour in ground squirrels

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 605-614

  Nunes, Scott ^a   Ha, Co Diem T ^a   Garrett, Paula J ^a   Mueke, Eva Maria ^a   Smale, Laura ^a   Holekamp, Kay E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELDING'S GROUND SQUIRREL; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DISPERSAL; SEASONALITY;

SPERMOPHILUS BELDINGI;

EID: 0031895811     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0645     Document Type: Article

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