Locomotor performance and cost of transport in the northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-178

  Scheibe, John S ^a   Smith, Winston P ^b   Bassham, Jill ^a   Magness, Dawn ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of transport; Glaucomys sabrinus; Gliding

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCOMOTION; SMALL MAMMAL; TRANSPORTATION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 33646262309     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192668     Document Type: Article

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