Identification of cougar and jaguar feces through bile acid chromatography

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 506-510

  Fernández, Gustavo J ^a,c   Corley, Juan C ^a,b   Capurro, Angel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BELGRANO   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chaco Region; Chromatography; Cougar; Fecal bile acids; Feces; Felis onca; Jaguar; Paraguay; Puma concolor; Thinlayer

Indexed keywords

CHACO; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; FELIS; PANTHERA ONCA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 1842289150     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802608     Document Type: Article

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