Spatial ecology of white-tailed mongoose in farmland in the Ethiopian Highlands

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-159

  Admasu, Ermias ^a,b   Thirgood, Simon J ^a,c,e   Bekele, Afework ^b   Laurenson, M Karen ^a,d  

^a ETHIOPIAN WOLF CONSERVATION PROGRAMME   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Farmland; Habitat use; Ichneumia albicauda; Range size; Social organization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HABITAT USE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SMALL MAMMAL; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; BALE MOUNTAINS; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CARNIVORA; HERPESTIDAE; ICHNEUMIA ALBICAUDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042512161     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2004.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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