Physiological diversity within and among wood mice (Apodemus) species in Israel

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-351

  Haim, Abraham ^a   Plaut, Itai ^a   Zobedat, Abd Salam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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