Dieta estacional del Tayassu pecari (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) en el Parque Nacional Corcovado, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 689-702

  Altrichter, Mariana ^a   Sáenz, Joel C ^a   Carrillo, Eduardo ^a   Fuller, Todd K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Direct observations; Fecal analysis; Rain forest; Seasonal diet; Tayassu pecari; White lipped peccary

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COSTA RICA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PLANT; SEASON; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; CLIMATE; COSTA RICA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PLANTS; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 0034208935     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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