The burrow systems and burrowing dynamics of the mole‐rats Bathyergus suillus and Cryptomys hottentotus in the fynbos of the south‐western Cape, South Africa

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 125-147

  Davies, Katherine C ^a   Jarvis, Jennifer U M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84985372471     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1986.tb03570.x     Document Type: Article

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