Home range, habitat use, and activity of Baird's tapir in Costa Rica

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 423-437

  Foerster, Charles R ^a,b   Vaughan, Christopher ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b 445 CR 221 ^*  (United States)

^c MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Baird's tapir; Costa Rica; Habitat use; Home range; Radiotelemetry; Tapirus bairdii; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTELEMETRY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNGULATE;

CORCOVADO NATIONAL PARK; COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; TAPIRIDAE; TAPIRUS BAIRDII; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036769354     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00556.x     Document Type: Article

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