The effects of additional food on the demography of rodents in a subtropical grassland in Swaziland

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 785-789

  Monadjem, A ^a   Perrin, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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RODENTIA;

EID: 0030433729     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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