Feeding habits of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Linnaeus 1766), in the ecological reserve of taim (ESEC - taim) - South of Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-416

  Do Valle Borges, Lucélia ^a   Gonçalves Colares, Ioni ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capybara; Diet; Herbivory; Poaceae; Rodent

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; PASPALUM; POACEAE; RODENTIA; ZIZANIOPSIS BONARIENSIS;

EID: 34547685857     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132007000300007     Document Type: Article

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