Population status of white-lipped Tayassu pecari and collared peccaries T. tajacu in hunted and unhunted Amazonian forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 115-123

  Peres, Carlos A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonian forests; game hunting; manimals; peccary; Tayassu

Indexed keywords

TAYASSU PECARI; TAYASSU TAJACU;

COLLARED PECCARY; WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY;

BRAZIL,AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA,AMAZONIA;

EID: 0030303762     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(96)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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