Diets of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), margays (L. wiedii), and oncillas (L. tigrinus) in the Atlantic Rainforest in southeast Brazil

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-212

  Wang, Ellen ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Rainforest; Diet; L. tigrinus (oncilla); L. wiedii (margay); Leopardus pardalis (ocelot); Southeastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

AVES; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; REPTILIA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036970432     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.37.3.207.8564     Document Type: Article

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