Digestive efficiency of collared peccaries and wild pigs

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-519

  Elston, Jennifer J ^a,b   Klinksiek, Edward A ^a   Hewitt, David G ^a  

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

^b DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PECARI TAJACU; SUS SCROFA; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 30844439470     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050[0515:DEOCPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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