Use of shelters by the neotropical river otter (Lontra longicaudis) in an Atlantic forest stream, southeastern Brazil

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 600-610

  Pardini, Renata ^a   Trajano, Eleonora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Brazil; Denning; Human disturbance; Lontra longicaudis; Population index; Shelters

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LONTRA LONGICAUDIS; LUTRINAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 0345766780     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383304     Document Type: Article

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