The reproductive cycles of the vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans) and the masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) in Montana

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 108-113

  Foresman, Kerry R ^a   Long, R Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b St Patrick's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASKED SHREW; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONALITY; VEGRANT SHREW;

MONTANA; USA;

INSECTIVORA; SOREX CINEREUS; SOREX VAGRANS; VAGRANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031905514     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0108:TRCOTV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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