Jaguar and puma predation on cattle calves in northeastern Sonora, Mexico

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 554-560

  Rosas Rosas, Octavio C ^a   Bender, Louis C ^b   Valdez, Raul ^c  

^a Campus San Luis Potosi ^*  (Mexico)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MSC 4901 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Diet; Jaguars; Mexico; Mortality; Predation; Pumas; Sonora

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BREEDING; CARNIVORE; CATTLE; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; PREDATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

BOS; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 61949454466     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-038.1     Document Type: Article

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