Lack of neophobic response to traps in a diurnal rodent the Golden Spiny Mouse (Acomys russatus) from an arid environment

Mammalia

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-249

  Dobly, A ^b   Rozenfeld, F M ^b   Haim, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOMYS RUSSATUS;

EID: 0033453240     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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