Spool-and-line studies on the behavioural ecology off rats (Rattus spp.) in the Galapagos Islands

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 733-737

  Key, Gillian E ^a   Woods, Richard D ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001469792     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-083     Document Type: Article

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