Ecophysiological responses to a subterranean habitat ; a Bathyergid perspective

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 591-605

  Buffenstein, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; SUBTERRANEAN MAMMAL;

BATHYERGIDAE;

EID: 0030300710     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1996.60.4.591     Document Type: Article

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