Miombo woodland termite mounds: Resource islands for small vertebrates?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-168

  Fleming, Patricia A ^a   Loveridge, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Diversity; Frogs; Lizards; Macrotermes; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; NEST; TERMITE; VERTEBRATE; WOODLAND;

ZIMBABWE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CROCIDURA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; SUNCUS; TERMITIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037327792     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902003084     Document Type: Article

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