Population ecology of the white-nosed coati (Nasua narica) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 441-455

  Gompper, Matthew E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASUA NARICA;

GROUP SIZE; HOME RANGE; WHITE-NOSED COATI;

PANAMA, BARRO COLORADO ISLAND;

EID: 0030621098     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb04836.x     Document Type: Article

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