Annual cycle of activity, reproduction, and body mass of anatolian ground squirrels (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus) in Turkey

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-14

  Gür, Hakan ^a   Gür, Mutlu Kart ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolian ground squirrels; Ankara; Annual cycle; Body mass; Reproduction; Rodentia; Sciuridae; Spermophilus xanthoprymnus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANNUAL CYCLE; BODY MASS; HIBERNATION; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

ANKARA; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS XANTHOPRYMNUS;

EID: 14044259371     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086<0007:ACOARA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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