Evolutionary convergence of the highly adapted desert rodent Tympanoctomys barrerae (Octodontidae)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 443-452

  Ojeda, Ricardo A ^a   Borghi, Carlos E ^a   Diaz, Gabriela B ^a   Giannoni, Stella M ^a   Mares, Michael A ^b   Braun, Janet K ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Desert rodents; Deserts; Halophytes; Octodontidae; Tympanoctomys barrerae

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DESERT; ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT;

ARGENTINA;

DIPODONEYS MICROPS; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS; TYMPANOCTOMYS BARRERAE;

EID: 0032775241     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0496     Document Type: Article

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