Food habits and resource partitioning of carnivores (Herpestidae, Viverridae) in the rainforests of southeastern Nigeria: Preliminary results

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-76

  Angelici, Francesco M ^a  

^a Ital Found of Vertebrate Zoology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; COEXISTENCE; DIET; NICHE BREADTH; RAINFOREST; STOMACH CONTENT;

NIGERIA;

ATILAX PALUDINOSUS; CIVETTICTIS CIVETTA; GENETTA MACULATA; HERPESTES ICHNEUMON;

EID: 0034072858     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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