Reproductive behavior of the blind mole-rat (Spalax ehrenbergi) in a seminatural burrow system

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 570-577

  Gazit, Irit ^a   Terkel, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

SPALAX EHRENBERGI;

EID: 0033936954     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-251     Document Type: Article

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