Home range, population density, and food resources of Agouti paca (Rodentia: Agoutidae) in Costa Rica: A study using alternative methods

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 675-685

  Beck King, Harald ^a,b   Von Helversen, Otto ^a   Beck King, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti paca; Burrow density; Costa Rica; Food resources; Home range; Neotropics; Population density; Seed dispersal; Tepezcuintle

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE USE; RODENT;

COSTA RICA;

AGOUTI PACA; AGOUTIDAE; ANIMALIA; DASYPROCTA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033493211     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00417.x     Document Type: Article

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