Observation on food habits and foraging behavior of Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)

Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-341

  Wu, Shibao ^a,b,d   Liu, Naifa ^b   Li, Youyu ^c   Sun, Ruyong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Dawuling Natural Reserve   (China)

^d LINGNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla); Diet; Food habit; Foraging behavior

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES BARNEYI; MANIS PENTADACTYLA; POACEAE; POLYRHACHIS DIVES;

EID: 22144488108     PISSN: 1006687X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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