The territory scent marking in gerbils: A comparative study of four Meriones species

Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 73-79

  Gromov, V S ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES LIBYCUS; MERIONES MERIDIANUS; MERIONES TAMARISCINUS; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 0345908527     PISSN: 00444596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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