Carrying capacity and potential production of ungulates for human use in a Mexican tropical dry forest

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 519-524

  Mandujano, Salvador ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Density; Environment variation; Mexico; Odocoileus virginianus; Pecari tajacu

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DEER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR; RAINFALL; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHAMELA; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PECARI TAJACU; UNGULATA;

EID: 34547137883     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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