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.
In Arizona, pocket gophers may produce young throughout the year. At higher altitudes young are produced mainly in June and July and one litter is produced per year. At lower elevations, there may be two litters produced per year with young born mainly from December through May and from mid-July through August.