African mole-rats (Bathyergidae): A complex radiation in tropical soils

Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 357-373

  Van Daele, Paul A A G ^a   Faulkes, Chris G ^b   Verheyen, Erik ^c   Adriaens, Dominique ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69276-8_27     Document Type: Chapter

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