Ecology of three sympatric felids in a mixed evergreen forest in North-central Thailand

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-38

  Grassman Jr , Lon I ^a   Tewes, Michael E ^a   Silvy, Nova J ^b   Kreetiyutanont, Kitti ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asiatic golden cat; Catopuma temminckii; Clouded leopard; Conservation; Ecology; Marbled cat; Neofelis nebulosa; Pardofelis marmorata; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ECOLOGY; FELID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYMPATRY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

AQUILARIA CRASSNA; CATOPUMA TEMMINCKII; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MARMORATA; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PARDOFELIS MARMORATA;

EID: 14044257869     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086<0029:EOTSFI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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