Patterns of urination of a blind subterranean rodent, Spalax ehrenbergi

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 138-148

  Heth, Giora ^a   Todrank, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPALAX EHRENBERGI;

BLIND MOLE-RAT; URINATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0030617062     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00013.x     Document Type: Article

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