Social organization and space use in the Cape porcupine in a Southern African savanna

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Corbet, Niall U ^a   Van Aarde, Rudi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Home range; Monogamy; Porcupine; Social; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CAPE PORCUPINE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

HYSTRIX AFRICAEAUSTRALIS;

EID: 0030460939     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1996.tb00589.x     Document Type: Article

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