Diet, habitat use, and home ranges of sympatric canids in central Brazil

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 925-933

  Macfadem Juarez, Keila ^a   Marinho Filho, Jader ^b  

^a IBAMA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canidae; Cerdocyon thous; Cerrado; Chrysocyon brachyurus; Feeding habits; Habitat use; Home range; Lycalopex vetulus; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIETARY OVERLAP; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; SYMPATRY;

BRAZIL;

CACAJAO; CANIDAE; CANIS; CERDOCYON; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUSICYON THOUS; ISOPTERA; PSEUDALOPEX; PSEUDALOPEX VETULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036861441     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0925:DHUAHR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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