An activity-data-logger for monitoring free-ranging animals

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 115-124

  Langbein, Jan ^a   Scheibe, Klaus M ^a   Eichhorn, Knut ^a   Lindner, Uwe ^a   Streich, W Jürgen ^a  

^a Inst Zoo W   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daily activity pattern; Data logger; Free ranging animals; Mouflon; Nocturnal activity; Ovis ammon musimon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345285127     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(95)01018-1     Document Type: Article

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