Invertebrate prey and predatory behaviour of the omnivorous African tortoise Kinixys spekii

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-17

  Hailey, Adrian ^a   Coulson, Ian M ^b   Mwabvu, Tarombera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management ^*  (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Invertebrates; Kinixys; Millipede; Omnivory; Predation; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; REPTILE;

ZIMBABWE;

AMPHIBIA; COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; KINIXYS; KINIXYS SPEKII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0035135898     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2001.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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