Home-range use by the Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Aliaga Rossel, Enzo ^a,d   Kays, Roland W ^b   Fragoso, José M V ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti; Dasyprocta punctata; Habitat use; Home range; Mammal density; Predation risk; Space use

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SPACE USE; VEGETATION;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AGOUTI; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 46449117579     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005129     Document Type: Article

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