The artificial feeding, breeding and research on hibernation bouts of the Daurian ground squirrel (Spermophilus dauricus)

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-361

  Sun, Xiaoyong ^a   Gao, Yunfang ^a   Wang, Qi ^a,b   Jiang, Shanfeng ^a   Guo, Shupan ^a   Liu, Kun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Breeding; Daurian ground squirrel (Spermophilus dauricus); Feeding; Hibernation bout

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BREEDING; BREEDING SEASON; CAVE; DORMANCY; FEEDING; FRUIT; HIBERNATION; LABORATORY METHOD; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH WORK; RODENT; SURVIVAL; VEGETABLE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS DAURICUS;

EID: 84870599783     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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