Seismic signal use by fossorial mammals'

American Zoologist

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1171-1184

  Mason, Matthew J ^a   Narins, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1093/icb/41.5.1171     Document Type: Article

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