Notes on home range and habitat use of three small carnivore species in a disturbed vegetation mosaic of southeastern Brazil

Mammalia

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 52-57

  Michalski, Fernanda ^a   Crawshaw Jr , Peter G ^b   De Oliveira, Tadeu Gomes ^c   Fabián, Marta Elena ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Centro Nacional de Pesquisa para a Conservação de Predadores Naturais   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Carnivora; Habitat use; Home range; Radio telemetry; S o Paulo

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FELID; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; VEGETATION;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CARNIVORA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUSICYON THOUS; EIRA BARBARA; EUCALYPTUS; HERPAILURUS; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI;

EID: 34247498996     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2006.004     Document Type: Article

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