Digging energetics in the South American rodent Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2144-2149

  Luna, Facundo ^a   Antinuchi, C Daniel ^a   Busch, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; METABOLISM; SAND; SOILS;

DIGGING ENERGETICS;

BIOLOGY;

BURROWING; ENERGETICS; METABOLISM; RODENT;

CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036969069     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-201     Document Type: Article

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