Effects of fire on the abundance of xenarthrans in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 568-573

  Prada, Manrique ^a   Marinho Filho, Jader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anteaters; Armadillos; Cerrado; Food resources; Tracks; Xavante Indians

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; RIO DAS MORTES RESERVATION; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARMADILLO; CAESALPINIA CILIATA; DASYPODIDAE; EUPHRACTUS SEXCINCTUS; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; MAMMALIA; MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; PRIODONTES MAXIMUS;

EID: 7044224840     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01391.x     Document Type: Article

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