Diversity of mammals in the Bladen Nature Reserve, Belize, and factors affecting their trapping success

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 90-101

  Caro, T M ^a   Brock, Rachel ^a   Kelly, Marcella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Bladen; Diversity; Mammals; Trappability

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344443552     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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