Winter mortality of the common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) in Lithuania

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-16

  Juškaitis, Rimvydas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Demographic groups; Dormice; Environmental factors; Hibernation; Weight

Indexed keywords

AGE; HIBERNATION; MORTALITY; RODENT; WINTER;

LITHUANIA;

MUSCARDINUS AVELLANARIUS;

EID: 0344417059     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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