Footdrumming patterns of southern African elephant-shrews

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 567-576

  Faurie, A S ^a   Dempster, E R ^a   Perrin, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ELEPHANT SHREW; FOOT DRUMMING;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

ELEPHANTULUS BRACHYRHYNCHUS; ELEPHANTULUS EDWARDII; ELEPHANTULUS INTUFI; ELEPHANTULUS MYURUS; ELEPHANTULUS RUPESTRIS;

EID: 0030300707     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1996.60.4.567     Document Type: Article

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