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

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• Publication year

  1986

• Venue

  Journal of Zoology

• Publication date

  1986-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1986.TB03570.X
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