Small mammals of a woodland-savannah ecosystem in Zimbabwe. II. Community structure

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-162

  Linzey, A V ^a   Kesner, M H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SAVANNA-WOODLAND; SMALL MAMMAL;

SENGWA WILDLIFE RESEARCH AREA; ZIMBABWE;

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030858132     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05761.x     Document Type: Article

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