A small gerbil that maximizes intake of energy from low-energy food

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 158-162

  Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Kam, Michael ^a   Degen, A Allan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

body size; dietary selection; gerbilline rodents; Gerbillus henleyi; Meriones crussus

Indexed keywords

GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS HENLEYI; HAMMADA; MERIONES; MERIONES CRASSUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030946682     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382648     Document Type: Article

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