Measurement of time budgets from continuous observation of thread-trailed tortoises (Kinixys spekii)

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-20

  Hailey, Adrian ^a,c   Coulson, Ian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Sengwa Wildlife Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Kinixys; Time budget; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

KINIXYS SPEKII;

EID: 0032999093     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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