Sex ratio of a population of Anatolian ground squirrels Spermophilus xanthoprymnus in Central Anatolia, Turkey

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-67

  Gür, Hakan ^a   Barlas, Nurhayat ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Life span; Population demography; Predation; Sex ratio; Spermophilus; Survival

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SEX RATIO;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

ANKARA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS XANTHOPRYMNUS;

EID: 33244483021     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192656     Document Type: Article

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