Latin American deer diversity and conservation: A review of status and distribution

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 443-454

  Weber, Manuel ^a,b   Gonzalez, Susana ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deer; Distribution; Latin America; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BLASTOCERUS; BLASTOCERUS DICHOTOMUS; CERVIDAE; CERVINAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; HIPPOCAMELUS ANTISENSIS; HIPPOCAMELUS BISULCUS; MAMMALIA; MAZAMA AMERICANA; MAZAMA CHUNYI; MAZAMA NANA; MAZAMA RUFINA; MAZAMA SP.; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OZOTOCEROS BEZOARTICUS; PUDU MEPHISTOPHILES; PUDU PUDA;

EID: 0346965659     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682792     Document Type: Article

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