Ungulate relative abundance in hunted and non-hunted sites in Calakmul Forest (Southern Mexico)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 743-756

  Reyna Hurtado, Rafael ^a   Tanner, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brocket deer; Calakmul; Collared peccary; Hunting; Relative abundance; Tapir; Transects; Ungulate; White lipped peccary; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; NATURE RESERVE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TRANSECT; UNGULATE;

CALAKMUL; CALAKMUL FOREST; CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PECARI TAJACU; TAYASSU PECARI; UNGULATA;

EID: 33847619362     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-6198-7     Document Type: Article

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