Swimming ability in three Costa Rican dry forest rodents

We investigated the swimming abilities of three Costa Rican dry forest rodents (Coues’ rice rat, Oryzomys couesi, hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, and spiny pocket mouse, Liomys salvini) associated with a large marsh, Laguna Palo Verde, using 90 s swim trials in a plastic container. Swimming ab...

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Main Authors: William M. Cook, Robert M. Timm, Dena E. Hyman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2001-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442001000300037