Using thermosensitive radiotelemetry to document rest and activity in a semifossorial rodent

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-488

  Lazerte, Stefanie E ^a,b   Kramer, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Activity level; Activity pattern; Diel; Eastern chipmunk; Sciuridae; Semifossorial; Tamias striatus; Thermosensitive radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BURROW; DIEL VARIATION; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TORPOR;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 84856241500     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.74     Document Type: Article

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