Is energy supply the trigger for reproductive activity in male edible dormice (Glis glis)?

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 829-837

  Fietz, Joanna ^a   Kager, Timo ^a   Schauer, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field study; Food supplementation; Glis glis; Mast seeding; Reproductive investment

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEECH; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DORMOUSE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NUT; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUNFLOWER; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; TIME; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FAGUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELIANTHUS; MALE; MYOXIDAE; NUTS; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; MYOXIDAE; MYOXUS GLIS;

EID: 68949098278     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0364-2     Document Type: Article

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