Late dry season habitat use of common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) in neotropical lower montane agricultural areas

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 263-269

  Vaughan, Christopher S ^a,b   Foster Hawkins, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Associated Colleges of the Midwest   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Dens; Didelphis marsupialis; Habitat use; Home range; Living fence rows; Radio telemetry; Windbreaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042710040     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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