Morphology and function of communal mounds of overwintering mound-building mice (Mus spicilegus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 852-860

  Szenczi, Pter ^a   Bnszegi, Oxna ^a,c   Dcs, Anita ^a   Gedeon, Csongor I ^a,c   Mark, Gbor ^a,b   Nmeth, Istvn ^a   Altbcker, Vilmos ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

diet; Mus spicilegus; overwinter; thermoregulation; water insulation

Indexed keywords

FOOD STORAGE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HERB; JUVENILE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SHELTER; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; CHENOPODIUM; ECHINOCHLOA; MUS; MUS SPICILEGUS; SETARIA (PLANT);

EID: 80051896115     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-258.1     Document Type: Article

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