Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) predation on agouti (Dasyprocta punctata)

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 691-694

  Aliaga Rossel, Enzo ^a,e   Moreno, Ricardo S ^b   Kays, Roland W ^c   Giacalone, Jacalyn ^d  

^a Casilla 8706   (Bolivia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^d MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti; Dasyprocta punctata; Leopardus pardalis; Neotropics; Ocelot; Panama; Predation

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT;

AGOUTI; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS;

EID: 33747042456     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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