Importance of rare habitats and riparian zones in a tropical forest fragment: Preferential use by Tayassu pecari, a wide-ranging frugivore

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-293

  Keuroghlian, A ^a,b,c,d   Eaton, D P ^b,c,d  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ANHANGUERA UNIDERP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Collared peccary; Compositional analysis; Forest fragment; Habitat quality and diversity; Habitat use; Radiotelemetry; Rare habitats; Riparian zone use; White lipped peccary

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PERSISTENCE; PIG; PLATEAU; RADIOTELEMETRY; RARITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; TROPICAL FOREST; WET SEASON;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUTERPE EDULIS; PECARI TAJACU; TAYASSU PECARI; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 47349085541     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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