Dung pellets used to identify the distribution and density of dik-dik

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-132

  Komers, Petr E ^a,b   Brotherton, Peter N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dik dik; Dung; Madoqua; Population density; Range

Indexed keywords

DUNG PELLET; FAECES; KIRK'S DIK-DIK; POPULATION DENSITY;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA; MADOQUA; MADOQUA KIRKI; MADOQUA KIRKII; UNGULATA;

EID: 0030859988     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1997.060-89060.x     Document Type: Article

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