Population density and annual variation in birth mass of guanacos in Southern Chile

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1158-1162

  Sarno, Ronald J ^a   Franklin, William L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth mass; Chile; Guanaco; Lama guanicoe; Population density

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMA GUANICOE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0001084004     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383166     Document Type: Article

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