Microclimate in burrows of subterranean rodents - Revisited

Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 21-33

  Burda, Hynek ^a   Šumbera, Radim ^b   Begall, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 84920201000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69276-8_3     Document Type: Chapter

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