Activity and habitat use of lesser mouse-deer (Tragulus javanicus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 234-242

  Matsubayashi, Hisashi ^a   Bosi, Edwin ^b   Kohshima, Shiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activity; Borneo; Gap; Habitat use; Home range; Mouse deer; Tragulidae; Tragulus javanicus; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTELEMETRY; CANOPY GAP; HABITAT USE; TROPICAL FOREST;

MALAYSIA;

CERVIDAE; DINOCHLOA; TRAGULIDAE; TRAGULUS JAVANICUS;

EID: 0037331037     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0234:AAHUOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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