Behaviour of specialist species in habitat corridors: Arboreal dormice avoid corridor gaps

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1485-1490

  Bright, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HABITAT CORRIDOR; SPECIALIZATION;

MUSCARDINUS AVELLANARIUS;

EID: 0032465743     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0921     Document Type: Article

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