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...
Main Authors: | Galen B. Rathbun, John P. Dumbacher |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015-10-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/1302.pdf |
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