Predation on a wild Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta)

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-220

  Řeháková Petrů, Milada ^a,b   Peške, Lubomír ^c   Daněk, Tomáš ^d  

^a Pastý ská St na   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Czech University of Life Sciences Prague ^*  (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Maternal behaviour; Monitor lizard; Predation; Tarsier; Tarsius; Varanus

Indexed keywords

SQUAMATA; TARSIUS; TARSIUS SYRICHTA; VARANUS;

EID: 84866743505     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-011-0096-7     Document Type: Article

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