For the condition in plants, see Magnesium deficiency (plants). Magnesium deficiency or hypomagnesia (not to be confused with hypomagnesemia) refers to inadequate intake of dietary magnesium or impaired absorption of magnesium, which can result in numerous symptoms and diseases. It is generally corrected by an increase of magnesium in diet, oral supplements, and in severe cases, intravenous supplementation.
The first point of interest is that in this section of the Pacific coast, more particularly in southern and central California, there is a very definite breeding season for the pocket gopher which coincides closely with the beginning of the rainy season.n the valleys and along the foothills of California, green vegetation, particularly the alfilaria and malva, which are two of the most important food plants of the gopher, begin to grow at once upon the arrival of the earliest fall rains. The abundance of nutritious green food starts the gophers breeding.
The groundhog hibernates and the gopher does not. By the end of October, the groundhog descends into her hidden burrow beneath a stump or a rock, curls into a relaxed ball, slows her heart from 75 to 4 beats a minute, and drops her body temperature to that of her home.he gopher is, like the groundhog, a burrowing member of the rodent order but its closest living relatives are kangaroo rats and pocket mice. The pocket gopher gets its name from large fur-lined cheek pouches that border its face down to its shoulders. These weird roomy pouches function much like jeans pockets.