Spatial organization of leopards Panthera pardus in Taï National Park, Ivory Coast: Is rainforest habitat a 'tropical haven'?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 427-440

  Jenny, David ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; LEOPARD; RAINFOREST;

COTE D'IVOIRE, TAI NATIONAL PARK;

PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 0030302414     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05296.x     Document Type: Article

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