Comparing life histories of shrews and rodents

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 47, Issue , 2002, Pages 185-208

  Gliwicz, Joanna ^a   Taylor, Jan R E ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Life history traits; Predation; Rodents; Seasonality; Shrews; Winter ecology

Indexed keywords

INSECTIVORE; LIFE HISTORY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SEASONALITY;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0036036499     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192487     Document Type: Article

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