Burrowing below ground: interaction between soil mechanics and evolution of subterranean mammals
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of The Royal Society Interface
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1742-5689,1742-5662
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0521