Seasonal variation in the diet and foraging behaviour of Brants' whistling rat, Parotomys brantsii, in northern Namaqualand

South African Journal of Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-41

  Jackson, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANTS' WHISTLING RAT; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; SEASONALITY;

SOUTH AFRICA, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE, GOEGAP NATURE RESERVE;

PAROTOMYS BRANTSII;

EID: 0031688814     PISSN: 02541858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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