Rodent species diversity and microhabitat use along opposing slopes of lower nahal oren, Mount Carmel, Israel

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-333

  Blaustein, Leon ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^b   Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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