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Reproductive cycle of Baird's pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) in northern Louisiana

Authors :
Heather E. Peek
John L. Hunt
Christopher R. Ellington
Matthew B. Connior
Douglas C. Cagle
Source :
The Southwestern Naturalist. 59:115-117
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Southwestern Association of Naturalists, 2014.

Abstract

We examined the reproductive status of Baird's pocket gophers (Geomys breviceps) in Union Parish, Louisiana, for 18 months in 2010 and 2011. We found that pocket gophers were potentially reproductively active throughout the year, although the number of reproductively active gophers peaked during late spring through autumn. Our results are similar to those of studies of Baird's pocket gopher in other states and of other pocket gophers in the genus Geomys.

Details

ISSN :
19436262 and 00384909
Volume :
59
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Southwestern Naturalist
Accession number :
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