Large elapids and arboreality: The ecology of Jameson's green mamba (Dendroaspis jamesoni) in an afrotropical forested region

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-155

  Luiselli, Luca ^a,b,c   Angelici, Francesco M ^a,b,c   Akani, Godfrey C ^d  

^a Ctr of Environ Studies Demetra   (Italy)

^b Ital Found of Vertebrate Zoology   (Italy)

^c Ecology Research Group (NFC FIZV)   (Nigeria)

^d RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dendroaspis jamesoni; Ecology; Elapidae; Nigeria; Snakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033478877     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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