Using fecal profiles of bile acids to assess habitat use by threatened carnivores in the Maulino forest of central Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-95

  Guerrero, Carla ^a   Espinoza, Luis ^a,b   Niemeyer, Hermann M ^a   Simonetti, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fecal bile acids; Galictis; Habitat use; Oncifelis; Pseudalopex; Puma; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

GALICTIS; GALICTIS CUJA; ONCIFELIS; ONCIFELIS GUIGNA; PSEUDALOPEX; PSEUDALOPEX CULPAEUS; PSEUDALOPEX GRISEUS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 33646763560     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 0716078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2006000100008     Document Type: Article

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