Social and reproductive behavior of the subterranean solitary rodent Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) in a seminatural enclosure;Comportamiento social y reproductivo del roedor subterráneo solitario Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) en condiciones de semicautiverio

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 165-177

  Zenuto, Roxana R ^a,b   Vassallo, Aldo I ^a,b   Busch, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Inst de Investigaciones Cientificas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Captivity; Ctenomys talarum; Reproduction; Social behavior; Subterranean rodents

Indexed keywords

CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036521176     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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