Behaviour, management and conservation: The case of capybaras in Venezuela;Comportamiento, conservación y manejo de fauna silvestre: El caso del capibara en Venezuela

Etologia

Volumn , Issue 7, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Herrera, Emilio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Capybaras; Conservation; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris; Management; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344791818     PISSN: 11303204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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