Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground

Begall, Sabine; Burda, Hynek; Schleich, Cristian E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-69276-8_1

Sabine Begall³,
Hynek Burda³ &
Cristian E. Schleich⁴

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Dept. General Zoology, University of Duisburg-Essen, D-45117, Essen, Germany
Sabine Begall & Hynek Burda
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, CC 1245, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3250, Mar del Plata, 7600, Argentina
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Begall, S., Burda, H., Schleich, C.E. (2007). Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground. In: Begall, S., Burda, H., Schleich, C.E. (eds) Subterranean Rodents. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69276-8_1

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