Home range of giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-375

  Medri, Ísis Meri ^a   Mourão, Guilherme ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Giant anteater; Habitat use; Home range; Myrmecophaga tridactyla; Myrmecophagidae; Pantanal wetland; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL; RADIOTELEMETRY; WETLAND;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CANASTRA; MYRMECOPHAGA; MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 23944463990     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007004     Document Type: Article

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