Population biology of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys australis (Tuco-tuco) in a coastal dunefield in Argentina

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 357-367

  Zenuto, Roxana ^a   Busch, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ctenomys australis; Dispersal; Population biology; Subterranean rodents

Indexed keywords

DUNE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RODENT;

ARGENTINA;

CTENOMYS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0031674269     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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