Remarks on the Reproduction, Sex Ratio, and Life Expectancy of the Varying Lemming, Dicrostonyx Groenlandicus, in Nature and Captivity

Contains results of a study between Sept. 1949 and Sept. 1953, of a colony started from 16 Greenland varying lemmings and one Mackenzie varying lemming (D.g. kilangmiutak). Records of the colony are compared with field observations and more detailed work done on related genera. Subjects discussed in...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Manning, T.H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1954
Subjects:
Glaciation
Refugia
Animal distribution
Plant distribution
Greenland
Arctic
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66876 2023-05-15T14:19:21+02:00 Remarks on the Reproduction, Sex Ratio, and Life Expectancy of the Varying Lemming, Dicrostonyx Groenlandicus, in Nature and Captivity Manning, T.H. 1954-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66876 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66876/50789 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66876 ARCTIC; Vol. 7 No. 1 (1954): June: 1–56; 36-48 1923-1245 0004-0843 Glaciation Refugia Animal distribution Plant distribution info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1954 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:42Z Contains results of a study between Sept. 1949 and Sept. 1953, of a colony started from 16 Greenland varying lemmings and one Mackenzie varying lemming (D.g. kilangmiutak). Records of the colony are compared with field observations and more detailed work done on related genera. Subjects discussed include: age of sexual maturity, litter size, gestation period and litter frequency, sex ratios, care of young, life expectancy and disease. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Dicrostonyx groenlandicus Greenland University of Calgary Journal Hosting Greenland ARCTIC 7 1
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Refugia
Animal distribution
Plant distribution
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Refugia
Animal distribution
Plant distribution
Manning, T.H.
Remarks on the Reproduction, Sex Ratio, and Life Expectancy of the Varying Lemming, Dicrostonyx Groenlandicus, in Nature and Captivity
topic_facet Glaciation
Refugia
Animal distribution
Plant distribution
description Contains results of a study between Sept. 1949 and Sept. 1953, of a colony started from 16 Greenland varying lemmings and one Mackenzie varying lemming (D.g. kilangmiutak). Records of the colony are compared with field observations and more detailed work done on related genera. Subjects discussed include: age of sexual maturity, litter size, gestation period and litter frequency, sex ratios, care of young, life expectancy and disease.
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title Remarks on the Reproduction, Sex Ratio, and Life Expectancy of the Varying Lemming, Dicrostonyx Groenlandicus, in Nature and Captivity
title_short Remarks on the Reproduction, Sex Ratio, and Life Expectancy of the Varying Lemming, Dicrostonyx Groenlandicus, in Nature and Captivity
title_full Remarks on the Reproduction, Sex Ratio, and Life Expectancy of the Varying Lemming, Dicrostonyx Groenlandicus, in Nature and Captivity
title_fullStr Remarks on the Reproduction, Sex Ratio, and Life Expectancy of the Varying Lemming, Dicrostonyx Groenlandicus, in Nature and Captivity
title_full_unstemmed Remarks on the Reproduction, Sex Ratio, and Life Expectancy of the Varying Lemming, Dicrostonyx Groenlandicus, in Nature and Captivity
title_sort remarks on the reproduction, sex ratio, and life expectancy of the varying lemming, dicrostonyx groenlandicus, in nature and captivity
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