Body measurements on 40 species of mammals from French Guiana

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 419-428

  Richard Hansen, C ^a,b   Vie J C ^a   Vidal, N ^a   Keravec J ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b NONE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Carnivores; French Guiana; Mammals; Marsupials; Primates; Rodents; Ungulates; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032921615     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283699900401X     Document Type: Article

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