Seasonal use of subterranean sleep and hibernation sites by adult female Richardson's ground squirrels

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 999-1012

  Michener, Gail R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity cycle; Hibernation; Parturition site; Spermophilus richardsonii; Underground nests

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HIBERNATION; RODENT; SLEEP;

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036862174     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0999:SUOSSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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