Competitive release in diets of ocelot (leopardus pardalis) and puma (puma concolor) after jaguar (panthera onca) decline

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 808-816

  Moreno, Ricardo S ^a,c   Kays, Roland W ^b   Samudio Jr , Rafael ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^c Campus Omar Dengo   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Carnivora; Competitive release; Diet; Felid; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE; POPULATION SIZE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

BRADYPUS VARIEGATUS; CERVIDAE; CHOLOEPUS HOFFMANNI; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; MAMMALIA; MAZAMA; MAZAMA AMERICANA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; PECARI TAJACU; PUMA CONCOLOR; SLOTHS; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 33747030997     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-360R2.1     Document Type: Article

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