Biology of the silvery mole-rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus). Why study a neglected subterranean rodent species?

Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 221-236

  Šumbera, Radim ^a   Chitaukali, Wilbert N ^b   Burda, Hynek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 37249017102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69276-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

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