Responses of a specialized insectivorous mammal (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) to variation in ambient temperature

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-56

  Camilo Alves, Constança De Sampaio E Paiva ^a   Mourão, Guilherme De Miranda ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activity; Giant anteater; Habitat use; Insectivore; Myrmecophaga tridactyla; Pantanal; Seasonal flood plain

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTELEMETRY; HABITAT USE; INSECTIVORE; TEMPERATURE;

PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA; MYRMECOPHAGA; MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 33644960353     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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