Burrow structure and foraging costs in the fossorial rodent, Thomomys bottae

Oecologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 391-396

  Vleck, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0001032067     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00347605     Document Type: Article

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