A preliminary radiotracking study of movements, activity patterns and habitat use of free-ranging Gaboon vipers, Bitis gabonica

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-55

  Angelici, F M ^a,b,c   Effah, C ^d   Inyang, M Akpan ^d   Luiselli, L ^a,b,c  

^a FIZV   (Italy)

^b Ctr of Environ Studies Demetra   (Italy)

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

^d NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SNAKE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

NIGERIA;

BITIS GABONICA;

EID: 0034114202     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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