Hibernation and body weight in dormice, Glis glis orientalis (Nehring, 1903) (Rodentia: Gliridae), maintained under uncontrolled conditions

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Çolak, Ercüment ^a   Yiǧit, Nuri ^a   Sözen, Mustafa ^a   Özkurt, Şakir ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; DORMOUSE; HIBERNATION;

GLIS GLIS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0344542005     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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