Comparative ecology of two African forest mongooses, Herpestes naso and Atilax paludinosus

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-253

  Ray, Justina C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Atilax; Herpestes; Mongooses; Radio telemetry; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MONGOOSE; RANGE OVERLAP;

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DZANGA-SANGHA FOREST;

ARTHROPODA; ATILAX; ATILAX PALUDINOSUS; CARNIVORA; HERPESTES; HERPESTES NASO; HERPESTIDAE; LUTRINAE; NASO; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; XENOGALE; XENOGALE NASO;

EID: 0030761118     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1997.086-89086.x     Document Type: Article

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