A flexible arrangement for the study of moles in captivity

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-214

  Borroni, Anna ^a   Loy, Anna ^a   Capanna, Ernesto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic recording; Captivity; Moles

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVITY; INSECTIVORE;

EID: 0032766911     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.99-18     Document Type: Article

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