A comparison of the ecology of two populations of the common mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus: The effect of aridity on food, foraging and body mass

Oecologia

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-349

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aridity food distribution hypothesis; Burrowing; Foraging behaviour; Geophytes; Rodent moles

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BODY MASS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

EID: 0033748275     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000460     Document Type: Article

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