Diurnal activity patterns of coypu in an urban habitat

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-211

  Meyer, Jork ^a,c   Klemann, Nicole ^b   Halle, Stefan ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Myocastor coypus; Nutria; Radio tracking

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIURNAL ACTIVITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MYOCASTOR COYPUS;

EID: 22344446985     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03194484     Document Type: Article

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