Testing magnetic orientation in a solitary subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Octodontidae)

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 485-495

  Schleich, Cristian E ^a   Antinuchi, Carlos D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAGNETIC FIELD; ORIENTATION; RODENT;

CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 3042704764     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.00981.x     Document Type: Article

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