Feeding selectivity and food preference of Ctenomys talarum (tuco-tuco)

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-173

  Del Valle, Juana C ^a   Lohfelt, María I ^a   Comparatore, Viviana M ^a   Cid, María S ^a   Busch, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ctenomys talarum diet; Feeding selectivity; Food preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344457693     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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