Foraging patterns of capybaras in a seasonally flooded savanna of Venezuela

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-98

  Barreto, Guillermo R ^a,b   Herrera, Emilio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capybara; Foraging behaviour; Grazing; Herbivory; Hydrochaeris; Savannas; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CAPYBARA; FLOODING; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; SAVNNA;

VENEZUELA;

ELEOCHARIS INTERSTINCTA; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; HYMENACHNE AMPLEXICAULIS; PARATHERIA PROSTRATA;

EID: 0031919584     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000078     Document Type: Article

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