Habitat use by wild maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) in a transition zone environment

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-104

  Coelho, Carlyle Mendes ^a   De Melo, Luiz Fernando Bandeira ^a   Sábato, Marco Aurélio Lima ^a   Vaz Magni, Elisa M ^a   Hirsch, André ^b   Young, Robert John ^b  

^a Fundacao Zoo Botanica de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Brazil; Cerrado; Chrysocyon brachyurus; Habitat use; Maned wolf

Indexed keywords

CANID; CERRADO; GPS; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; LACTATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY; TRANSITION ZONE; WILD POPULATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS;

EID: 39749174369     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-383.1     Document Type: Article

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