Effects of body size and mass on running speed of male yellow-pine chipmunks (Tamias amoenus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1584-1587

  Schulte Hostedde, Albrecht I ^a,b   Millar, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; SPEED;

DIMORPHISM;

BIODIVERSITY;

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; LOCOMOTION; RODENT;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; TAMIAS AMOENUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS'; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036927117     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-164     Document Type: Article

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