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Home range and use of diurnal shelters by the Etendeka round-eared sengi, a newly discovered Namibian endemic desert mammal
To understand habitat use by the newly described Etendeka round-eared sengi (Macroscelides micus) in northwestern Namibia, we radio-tracked five individuals for nearly a month. Home ranges (100% convex polygons) in the rocky desert habitat were remarkably large (mean 14.9 ha) when compared to sengi...
Autores principales: | Rathbun, Galen B., Dumbacher, John P. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636418/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26557433 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1302 |
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