Snow hardness impacts intranivean locomotion of arctic small mammals

Abstract Fossorial locomotion is often considered as the most energetically costly of all terrestrial locomotion. Small arctic rodents, such as lemmings, dig tunnels not only in the soil but also through the snowpack, which is present for over 8 months of the year. Lemmings typically dig in the soft...

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Main Authors: Mathilde Poirier, Dominique Fauteux, Gilles Gauthier, Florent Domine, Jean‐François Lamarre
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Wiley 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d99fa337ac2145518793d59efc180ccf
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