Age determination and age structure in the edible dormouse Glis glis based on incremental bone lines

Mammal Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 210-214

  Kryštufek, Boris ^a   Pistotnik, Medeja ^b   Časar, Ksenija Sedmak ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b Department of Natural Resources Management   (Croatia)

^c JP Okolje Piran   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Ageing techniques; Dormice; Gliridae; Population biology; Resting lines

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT;

ABIES; ANIMALIA; FAGUS; MYOXIDAE; MYOXUS GLIS;

EID: 21244444519     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2005.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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