A telemetry-based study of bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) home range in Valley Bushveld

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 376-384

  Coates, Gregory D ^a   Downs, Colleen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushbuck; Telemetry; Total home range

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS;

EID: 33144485382     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2005.00593.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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