Biology of Wagner's gerbil Gerbillus dasyurus (Wagner, 1842) (Rodentia: Gerbillidae) in the Negev highlands, Israel

Mammalia

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 467-486

  Shenbrot, G I ^a   Krasnov, B R ^a   Khokhlova, I S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION BIOLOGY;

ISRAEL, NEGEV HIGHLANDS;

GERBILLUS DASYURUS;

EID: 0031432777     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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