Survival of naked mole-rats marked by implantable transponders and toe-clipping

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 360-363

  Braude, Stanton ^a   Ciszek, Deborah ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterocephalus glaber; Mark recapture; Naked mole rat; Toe clipping; Transponder chip

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001095749     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382873     Document Type: Article

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