Foraging ecology of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) in hunted and non-hunted sites within the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-178

  Novack, Anthony J ^a,c   Main, Martin B ^a,b   Sunquist, Melvin E ^a   Labisky, Ronald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Guatemala; Jaguar; Puma; Scat; Subsistence hunting

Indexed keywords

FELID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY SELECTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; PETEN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGOUTI PACA; ARMADILLO; CERVIDAE; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; MAMMALIA; MAZAMA SP.; NASUA; NASUA NASUA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PANTHERA ONCA; PECARI TAJACU; PUMA CONCOLOR; RODENTIA; TAYASSU PECARI;

EID: 26444445208     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007338     Document Type: Article

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