Season but not sex influences burrow length and complexity in the non-sexually dimorphic solitary Cape mole-rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Little is known about how season influences burrowing activity, burrow structureor reproductive behaviour in subterranean mammals. We excavated burrowsystems of male and female Georychus capensis, a solitary, subterranean rodent, inwinter (wet season) and summer (dry season) to investigate whether,...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
2012
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| Online Access: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00944.x/abstract http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14152 |