The diet of the aardwolf, Proteles cristatus at Malolotja Nature Reserve, western Swaziland

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 448-451

  Matsebula, Sipho N ^a   Monadjem, Ara ^a   Roques, Kim G ^b   Garcelon, David K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; MAMMAL; NATURE RESERVE;

AFRICA; HHOHHO; MALOLOTJA NATURE RESERVE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SWAZILAND;

PROTELES CRISTATUS;

EID: 69049114330     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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