Coexistence of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) in a mosaic landscape in the Venezuelan llanos

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-279

  Scognamillo, Daniel ^a,b   Maxit, Inés Esperanza ^a   Sunquist, Mel ^a   Polisar, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Mosaic landscape; Panthera onca; Puma concolor; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTELEMETRY; CARNIVORE; COEXISTENCE; FELID; HABITAT MOSAIC; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

VENEZUELA;

CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; CERVIDAE; CROCODILUS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PANTHERA ONCA; PECARI TAJACU; PUMA CONCOLOR; TAYASSU;

EID: 0037338259     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902003230     Document Type: Article

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