Effect of food supplementation on juvenile growth and survival in Marmota flaviventris

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 903-914

  Woods, Brett C ^a,b   Armitage, Kenneth B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Food supplementation; Growth; Hibernation; Juveniles; Marmota flaviventris; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141680835     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BRG-106     Document Type: Article

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