Spontaneous directional preference in a subterranean rodent, the blind mole-rat, Spalax ehrenbergi

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-18

  Marhold, Stephan ^a   Beiles, Avigdor ^b   Burda, Hynek ^c   Nevo, Eviatar ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blind mole rat; Directional preference; Magnetic compass orientation; Sensory ecology; Spalax ehrenbergi; Spatial orientation; Subterranean rodent

Indexed keywords

NESTING; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CRYPTOMYS ANSELLI; SPALAX EHRENBERGI;

EID: 0034048768     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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