Use of artificial nest sites as a function of age of litter in Peromyscus leucopus

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 152-158

  Havelka, Monika A ^a   Millar, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 0033853480     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)144[0152:UOANSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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