Seasonal variation of home range of collared peccary in tropical rain forests of French Guiana

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 546-552

  Judas, Jacky ^a,b   Henry, Olivier ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b National Wildlife Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Collared peccary; French Guiana; Fruit production; Home range size; Range overlap; Seasonal variations; Tayassu tajacu; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

PECARI TAJACU; TAYASSU; TAYASSU TAJACU;

EID: 0032915877     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802641     Document Type: Article

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