Home range and shelter site selection in the greater hedgehog tenrec in the dry deciduous forest of Western Madagascar

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-168

  Levesque, D L ^a   Rakotondravony, D ^b   Lovegrove, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Distribution; Home range; Madagascar; Setifer setosus; Shelter site; Tenrec

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHELTER; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODLAND;

ANKARAFANTSIKA NATIONAL PARK; MADAGASCAR; MAHAJANGA;

AFROTHERIA; ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; SETIFER; TENREC; TENRECIDAE;

EID: 84862665494     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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