The use of seismic signals by fossorial Southern African mammals: A neuroethological gold mine

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 641-646

  Narins, Peter M ^a   Lewis, Edwin R ^b   Jarvis, Jennifer J U M ^c   O'riain, Justin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape mole rat; Eremitalpa; Foraging; Georychus; Golden mole; Vibrational communication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HEARING; MAMMAL; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BLINDNESS; DESERT CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOLES; NAMIBIA; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030834581     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00286-4     Document Type: Article

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