Adaptation to living in an open arid environment: Lessons from the burrow structure of the two southern African whistling rats, Parotomys brantsii and P. Littledalei

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 345-355

  Jackson, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burrow; Ecophysiology; Parotomys; Predation; Refuge; Rodent

Indexed keywords

BURROW; HABITAT SELECTION; RODENT; VEGETATION COVER;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

PAROTOMYS BRANTSII; PAROTOMYS LITTLEDALEI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034486722     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2000.0683     Document Type: Article

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