Seasonal differences in the feeding ecology and behavior of male edible dormice (Glis glis)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-124

  Sailer, Michaela M ^a   Fietz, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assimilation efficiency; Body mass; Feeding ecology; Glis glis; Hibernation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; HIBERNATION; LIPID; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RODENT;

MAMMALIA; MYOXIDAE; MYOXUS GLIS;

EID: 58349089468     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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