Jaguars, pumas, their prey base, and cattle ranching: Ecological interpretations of a management problem

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-310

  Polisar, John ^a   Maxit, Ines ^b   Scognamillo, Daniel ^b   Farrell, Laura ^c   Sunquist, Melvin E ^b   Eisenberg, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle ranching; Jaguar; Predator; Prey; Puma; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FELID; PREDATION; RANCHING;

VENEZUELA;

BOS TAURUS; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; FELIS CATUS; PANTHERA ONCA;

EID: 0037289858     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00157-X     Document Type: Article

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