A Study of Pathological Conditions in Wild Rodents (Rattus Norvegicus) with Respect to Seasonal Variations and Endocrine Imbalance

Numerous studies of rodent populations have contributed invaluable information with respect to ecological and environmental, behavioral and physiological interactions on population dynamics. Some of these observations include seasonal changes in breeding (Venables and Venables, 1952; Perry, 1945; Watson, 1950; Harrison, 1951; Davis and Hall, 1948, 1951; Newson, 1963; Kalela, 1962; Mullen, 1964; Beveridge, 1965; Chitty and Phipps, 1966)5 behavioral alterations (Calhoun, 1950, 1952; Chitty, 1957; Southwick, 1964; Sadlier, 1965; Krebs, 1964; Christian and Davis, 1964;Ader, 196?; Christian, 1955; Elton, 1942; Lack, 1954); ecological variations (Davis, 1953; Thompson, 1955; Pitelka, 1957; Lidicker, 1966; Kalela, 1957); adrenocortical function (Bronson, 1967; Louch and Higginbotham, 1967; Dougherty, 1953; Christian and Davis, 1956; Christian, 1963a; Bronson and Eleftheriou, 1963; Andrews, 1968a); and mortality (Calhoun, 1949; Chitty, 1964; Krebs, 1964; Sadlier, 1965; Beck and Rodeheffer, 1965; Chitty and Phipps, 1966; Lidicker, 1966).

Grantor dc:publisher

Creighton University

Year dc:date.issued

1971

Author dc:creator

• Southard, John G.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Andrews, Richard V.

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• A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/114247

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/114247