Habitat associations and dietary relationships between two genets, Genetta maculata and Genetta cristata

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-354

  Angelici, Francesco M ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^b  

^a Fondazione Italiana Zoologia dei Vertebrati Zoology   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Italiana Zoologia dei Vertebrati   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAMMAL; STOMACH CONTENT;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANANAS COMOSUS; ARTHROPODA; ELAEIS; GENETTA; GENETTA CRISTATA; GENETTA MACULATA; GENETTA TIGRINA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 30744477203     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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