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The foraging ecology of a termite-and ant-eating specialist, the echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae)

✍ Scribed by M. Abensperg-Traun; E. S. De Boer

Book ID: 115257777
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Weight: 839 KB
Volume: 226
Category: Article
ISSN: 0952-8369
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1992.tb03837.x

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