Burrowing ecology of pocket gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae) in Jalisco, Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-327

  Roberts, Heather R ^a,c   Wilkins, Kenneth T ^a   Flores, Jorge ^b   Thompson Gorozpe, Alberto ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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