Time budgets, activity periods, and behavior of Mexican fox squirrels

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 947-952

  Koprowski, John L ^a   Corse, Michelle C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Sciurus nayaritensis; Sex differences; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS NAYARITENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27244439853     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[947:TBAPAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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