Sex ratio and breeding of white-lipped peccaries Tayassu pecari (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) in a Costa Rican rain forest

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 383-389

  Altrichter, Mariana ^a,b   Drews, Carlos ^b   Carrillo, Eduardo ^b   Sáenz, Joel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Corcovado; Costa Rica; Mating; Nursing; Reproduction; Sex ratio; Tayassu pecari; White lipped peccary

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BREEDING; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX RATIO; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BREEDING; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; MALE; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; TREES;

EID: 0035296394     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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