Why do Columbian ground squirrels copulate underground?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 882-888

  Manno, Theodore G ^a   DeBarbieri, Liliana M ^a   Davidson, Jocelyn ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbian ground squirrel; Copulation; Corvus corax; Local density; Mating; Prairie dog; Predation; Raven; Red tailed hawk; Spermophilus columbianus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; BURROW; COPULATION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; RODENT; SPERM COMPETITION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACCIPITRINAE; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CORVUS CORAX; CYNOMYS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 49249130232     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-226.1     Document Type: Article

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