Movements and home range of the gaboon adder, Bitis gabonica gabonica, in Zululand, South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-265

  Linn, I J ^a,b   Perrin, M R ^a   Bodbijl, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bitis gabonica gabonica; Gaboon adder; Movements; Range

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MOVEMENT; SNAKE;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZULULAND;

BITIS GABONICA; SERPENTES;

EID: 33746645057     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2006)41[252:MAHROT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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