Diet of feral goats in Mona Island reserve, Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-205

  Melendez Ackerman E J ^a,b   Cortes C ^a,b   Sustache, J ^c   Aragon S ^b   Morales Vargas, M ^a   Garcia Bermudez M ^a,c   Fernandez D S ^a,d  

^a Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CATEC CREST NSF)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^c Department of Natural and Environmental Resources   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Critical elements; Dry forest; Exotic species; Insular vegetation; Mammalian herbivory

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DIET; GOAT; HERBIVORE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HISPANIOLA; MONA ISLAND; PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; HARRISIA; MAMMALIA; ORCHIDACEAE; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 54349111385     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v44i2.a7     Document Type: Article

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