Spatial memory in a solitary subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-91

  Antinuchi, Carlos Daniel ^a   Schleich, Cristian Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMORY;

CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 0345566351     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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