Insulation capacity of litter mounds built by Mus spicilegus: Physical and thermal characteristics of building material and the role of mound size

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-59

  Holzl, M ^a   Hoi, H ^a   Darolova, A ^b   Kristofik, J ^b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

fermentation; mound building mice; overwinter survival; plant composition; temperature loss

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FERMENTATION; FOOD STORAGE; HEATING; INSULATION; LITTER; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS MUSCULUS; MUS SPICILEGUS;

EID: 78751469006     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2010.529827     Document Type: Article

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