Space use in Wagner's gerbil Gerbillus dasyurus in the Negev Highlands, Israel

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-182

  Gromov, Vladimir S ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^b   Shenbrot, Georgy I ^b  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gerbillus; Home range; Microhabitat distribution; Spatial associations

Indexed keywords

RODENT; SEX RATIO; SPACE USE;

ISRAEL; NEGEV HIGHLANDS;

ANIMALIA; DASYURUS; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS; GERBILLUS DASYURUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033911415     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.00-20     Document Type: Article

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