Reproductive strategies of Dicrostonyx groenlandicus and Lemmus sibiricus in high-arctic tundra

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 391-400

  Negus, Norman C ^a,b   Berger, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOPERIOD; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; TUNDRA;

CANADA;

CAREX STANS; DICROSTONYX GROENLANDICUS; DUPONTIA FISHERI; LEMMUS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 0031904541     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z97-226     Document Type: Article

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