Light perception in 'blind' subterranean Zambian mole-rats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1021-1024

  Wegner, Regina E ^a   Begall, Sabine ^a   Burda, Hynek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARK; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT INTENSITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

BATHYERGIDAE; COETOMYS ANSELLI; CRYPTOMYS; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS;

EID: 33750352961     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.02.018     Document Type: Article

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