Latrine use by the short-beaked echidna tachyglossus aculeatus

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-133

  Sprent, Jennifer A ^a   Andersen, Niels A ^a   Nicol, Stewart C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Echidna; Home range; Latrine; Social structure; Tachyglossus aculeatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863438419     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM06021     Document Type: Article

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