The influence of pocket gophers on the biotic and abiotic environment

Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 271-286

  Reichman, O J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69276-8_20     Document Type: Chapter

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