Effect of habitat type and population density on the stress level of midday gerbils (Meriones meridianus Pall.) in free-living populations

Biology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 628-632

  Kuznetsov, V A ^a   Tchabovsky, A V ^b   Kolosova, I E ^c   Moshkin, M P ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES MERIDIANUS;

EID: 10344248226     PISSN: 10623590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIBU.0000049736.02912.e2     Document Type: Article

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