Pre- and postmating isolation in two allopatric gerbil species, Tatera afra and T. brantsii

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 557-566

  Dempster, E R ^a  

^a Natal College of Education   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TATERA AFRA; TATERA BRANTSII; TATERA BRANSTSII;

GERBIL; HYBRID; ISOLATION;

EID: 0030300712     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1996.60.4.557     Document Type: Article

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