Germinating grasses and reproductive seasonality of Mastomys-species (Rodentia, Muridae)

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 775-779

  Firquet, E ^a   Leirs, H ^a,c   Bronner, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^c Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASTOMYS; MURIDAE; POACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030430744     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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