Ant-and termite-eating in Australian mammals and lizards: A comparison

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-17

  Abensperg Traun, Max ^a   Steven, Dion ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant eating; Australia; Climate; Fossorial foragers; Lizards; Mammals; Palatability; Prey defence; Termite eating

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444402158     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00637.x     Document Type: Article

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