Natural history and ecology of the Desert Shrew, Notiosorex crawfordi from the Northern Chihuahuan Desert, whith notes on captive breeding

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 541-549

  Punzo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Ecology; Natural history; Notiosorex

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; DIET; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AGAVE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; ISOPTERA; NOTIOSOREX; NOTIOSOREX CRAWFORDI; POACEAE; QUERCUS; SORICIDAE; VERTEBRATA; YUCCA;

EID: 1942487397     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm-2003-0408     Document Type: Article

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