Analysis of trophic structure of two carnivore assemblages by means of guild identification

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 276-286

  Zapata, Sonia Cristina ^a   Travaini, Alejandro ^a,b   Ferreras, Pablo ^c   Delibes, Miguel ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diet overlap; Do ana National Park; Patagonia; Resource use

Indexed keywords

AVES; EDENTATA; INVERTEBRATA; LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 35448970239     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-007-0095-1     Document Type: Article

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