Preliminary analysis of home range structure in the Komodo monitor, Varanus komodoensis

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages 462-470

  Ciofi, Claudio ^a   Puswati, Juli ^b   Winana, Dewa ^b   De Boer, Muriel E ^c   Chelazzi, Guido ^a   Sastrawan, Putra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOME RANGE; LIZARD; RANGE SIZE; SPACE USE;

ASIA; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; EURASIA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; INDONESIA; KOMODO NATIONAL PARK; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

VARANUS KOMODOENSIS;

EID: 34547468997     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[462:PAOHRS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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