Effects of a late snowstorm and rain on survival and reproductive success in Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 879-884

  Neuhaus, Peter ^a   Bennett, Ron ^b   Hubbs, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; MORTALITY; RAINSTORM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SNOWSTORM; SURVIVAL;

(SOUTH); ALBERTA; CANADA;

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033305914     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-6-879     Document Type: Article

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