Small rodents along a ground-cover gradient in coastal kenya

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-226

  Canova, L ^a   Fasola, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecology; Habitat preference; Kenya; Rodents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039173027     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2000.10531133     Document Type: Article

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