Exploitation of white-lipped peccaries Tayassu pecari (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

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Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 126-132

  Altrichter, Mariana ^a,b   Almeida, Roberval ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Costa Rica; Exploitation; Hunting; Peccaries; Tayassu pecari

Indexed keywords

EXPLOITATION; HUNTING; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; REGULATORY APPROACH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; OSA PENINSULA; PUNTARENAS;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; TAYASSU PECARI; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 0348014833     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605302000194     Document Type: Article

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