ETHOSYS (R) - New system for recording and analysis of behaviour of free-ranging domestic animals and wildlife

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 195-211

  Scheibe, K M ^a   Schleusner, Th ^b   Berger, A ^a   Eichhorn, K ^a   Langbein, J ^a   Dal Zotto, L ^a   Streich, W J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b IMF electronic GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity; Diurnal patterns; Feeding and nutrition; Rhythms; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; MONITORING; TELEMETRY; WILDLIFE;

EID: 0031933635     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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