Subterranean rodents as pests: The case of the pocket gopher

Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 287-299

  Witmer, Gary W ^a   Engeman, Richard M ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77954069136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69276-8_21     Document Type: Chapter

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