Habitat requirements of the long-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus undulatus) in the southern Altai

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Ricankova, V ^a   Fric, Z ^a,b,c   Chlachula, J ^a,d   Stastna, P ^a   Faltynkova, A ^a,e   Zemek, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Altai Mountains; Grazing; Habitat selection; Predation risk; Spermophilus undulatus

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORE; RODENT;

ALTAY; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

MARMOTA; OCHOTONIDAE; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 33747368776     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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