Daily rest-site selection and use by the Japanese dormouse

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-37

  Shibata, F ^a,b   Kawamichi, T ^a   Nishibayashi, K ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Wakayama Shin ai Women's Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arboreality; Daily torpor; Glirulus japonicus; Home range; Radiotracking; Rest site use

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SITE SELECTION;

GLIRULUS JAPONICUS; LARIX; MYOXIDAE; QUERCUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1542288743     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BPR-007     Document Type: Article

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