Prey availability and diet of maned wolf in Serra da Canastra National Park, southeastern Brazil

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-402

  Queirolo, Diego ^a   Motta Jr , José C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cerrado; Diet; Maned wolf; Prey selection; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANID; CERRADO; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIET; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SEASONALITY; SMALL MAMMAL;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SERRA DA CANASTRA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BOLOMYS LASIURUS; CANASTRA; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; DIDELPHIDAE; GRACILINANUS; MAMMALIA; MONODELPHIS; PARINARI;

EID: 35748976836     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03194237     Document Type: Article

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