Home range, habitat selection and activity patterns of an arid-zone population of Temminck's ground pangolins, Smutsia temminckii

African Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-276

  Pietersen, Darren W ^a,c   McKechnie, Andrew E ^a   Jansen, Raymond ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c African Pangolin Working Group IUCN Species Survival Commission Pangolin Specialist Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

densities; habitat selection; home range; Manis temminckii; Smutsia temminckii

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DISPERSAL; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; REFUGE; SITE SELECTION;

KALAHARI DESERT;

MANIS TEMMINCKII;

EID: 84908610484     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.049.0215     Document Type: Article

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