Article
Adaptiveness of tunnel system features in subterranean mammal burrows.
Progress in clinical and biological research - 1 Jan 1990
Hickman G C
Abstract excerpt
Most moles and mole rats spend their lifetimes within the confines of tunnel walls, constructing, maintaining, and modifying burrow system structure in response to changing external circumstances and changing internal needs. Thus, anatomy, physiology, behavior, and distribution are all greatly affected by the burrow environment, with temperature, humidity, gas concentrations, living space, availability of food...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Biological Evolution
- Eulipotyphla
- Genetic Variation
- Housing, Animal
- Moles
- Rodentia