Feeding ecology of the armored shrew, from the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-45

  Churchfield, S ^a   Dieterlen, F ^b   Hutterer, R ^c   Dudu, A ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KISANGANI   (Congo)

Author keywords

Africa; Armored shrew; Diet; Ecology; Scutisorex; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; PREY CAPTURE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANNELIDA; ARANEAE; CHILOPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SCUTISOREX; SCUTISOREX SOMERENI; SORICIDAE; SORICOMORPHA;

EID: 34548140183     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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