Differential responses to hunting in two sympatric species of brocket deer (Mazama americana and M. nana)

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 636-645

  Di Bitetti, Mario S ^a,b   Paviolo, Agustín ^a,b   Ferrari, Carolina A ^b   De Angelo, Carlos ^a,b   Di Blanco, Yamil ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Asociación Civil CeIBA Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abundance; Atlantic Forest; Camera traps; Conservation; Daily activity pattern; Protected area management; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; COEXISTENCE; DEER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; POACHING; PROTECTED AREA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYMPATRY; TRAPPING;

ARGENTINA; MISIONES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AGONIDAE; CERVIDAE; MAZAMA AMERICANA; MAZAMA CHUNYI;

EID: 49749143406     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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