The private life of echidnas: Using accelerometry and GPS to examine field biomechanics and assess the ecological impact of a widespread, semi-fossorial monotreme

The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is a monotreme and therefore provides a unique combination of phylogenetic history, morphological differentiation and ecological specialisation for a mammal. The echidna has a unique appendicular skeleton, a highly specialised myrmecophagous lifestyl...

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Main Authors: Clemente, C., Cooper, Christine, Withers, Philip, Freakley, C., Singh, S., Terrill, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Company of Biologists Ltd. 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31787