Food availability and foraging by wild colonies of Damaraland mole-rats (Cryptomys damarensis): Implications for sociality

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 290-298

  Jarvis, Jennifer U M ^a   Bennett, Nigel C ^a,b   Spinks, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Foraging; Mole rats; Sociality

Indexed keywords

BURROWN SYSTEM; DAMARALAND MOLE-RATE; EUSOCIALITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR;

NAMIBIA, DORDABIS; NAMIBIA, KALAHARI DESERT;

CRYPTOMYS DAMARENSIS;

EID: 0031912173     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050380     Document Type: Article

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