Silvery mole-rats (Heliophobius argenteocinereus, Bathyergidae) change their burrow architecture seasonally

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 370-373

  Šumbera, Radim ^a   Burda, Hynek ^b   Chitaukali, Wilbert N ^c   Kubová, Jana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c Section of Mammals   (Malawi)

^d Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BURROW; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BURROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD STORAGE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MALAWI; MALE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALAWI; MOLE RATS; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MALAWI;

ANIMALIA; BATHYERGIDAE; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; HELIOPHOBIUS; HELIOPHOBIUS ARGENTEOCINEREUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0141742576     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0439-y     Document Type: Article

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