Solitary burrow use by adult Patagonian tuco-tucos (Ctenomys haigi)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 986-991

  Lacey, Eileen A ^a   Braude, Stanton H ^b,c   Wieczorek, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Ctenomys; Social behavior; Solitary; Spatial distribution; Tuco tuco

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000724751     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383106     Document Type: Article

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