Seasonal activity and reproduction of two syntopic white-toothed shrews (Crocidura attenuata and C. kurodai) from a subtropical montane forest in central Taiwan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-169

  Yu, Hon Tsen ^a   Cheng, Ting Wen ^a   Chou, Wen Hao ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Crocidura; Pitfall trap; Soricidae; White toothed shrew

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035315368     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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