Use of space by the African Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus erythropus

Mammal Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-26

  Linn, Ian ^a   Key, Gillian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XERUS ERYTHROPUS;

AFRICAN STRIPED GROUND SQUIRREL; HOME RANGE;

KENYA, KATUMANI;

EID: 0029661683     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.1996.tb00144.x     Document Type: Article

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