Diet of a Piedmont population of Ctenomys mendocinus (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae): Seasonal patterns and variations according sex and relative age

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-27

  Puig, Silvia ^a   Rosi, María I ^a   Cona, Mónica I ^a   Roig, Virgilio G ^a   Monge, Susana A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ctenomyidae; Foraging strategies; Fossorial rodents; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGE; DIET; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANDES; ARGENTINA;

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS MENDOCINUS; POACEAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032915137     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.99-2     Document Type: Article

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