Occurrence patterns, habitat associations, and potential prey of the river dolphin, Inia geoffrensis, in the Cinaruco River, Venezuela

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 625-638

  McGuire, Tamara L ^a   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black water; Conservation; Inia geoffrensis; Llanos; River dolphins; South America; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; GROUP SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CINARUCO RIVER; VENEZUELA;

INIA GEOFFRENSIS;

EID: 0032323312     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00102.x     Document Type: Article

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