Annual weight variation and reproductive cyle of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in a Mediterranean environment

Mammalia

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 133-140

  Rosário, Ines T ^a   Mathias, Maria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Density; Mediterranean habitat; Reproduction; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RODENT; WEIGHT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7644226862     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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