Response of pumas to a population decline of the plains vizcacha

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1132-1140

  Branch, Lyn C ^a,c   Pessino, Marcelo ^b,c   Villarreal, Diego ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Dir de Flora y Fauna Silvestre   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

breadth of diet; Lagostamus; mountain lion; predation; Puma concolor; vizcacha

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS; PANTHERA LEO; PUMA CONCOLOR; UNGULATA;

EID: 0030466884     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382795     Document Type: Article

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