Vulnerable island carnivores: The endangered endemic dwarf procyonids from Cozumel Island

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 491-502

  McFadden, Katherine W ^a   García Vasco, Denise ^b,c   Cuarón, Alfredo D ^c,d   Valenzuela Galván, David ^e   Medellín, Rodrigo A ^f   Gompper, Matthew E ^g  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c SACBÉ Servicios Ambientales Conservación Biológica y Educación   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore conservation; Dwarf coati; Mark recapture; Nasua nelsoni; Population ecology; Procyon pygmaeus; Pygmy raccoon

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

COZUMEL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO;

ANIMALIA; NASUA; NASUA NELSONI; PROCYON; PROCYON PYGMAEUS; PROCYONIDAE;

EID: 76449090176     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9701-8     Document Type: Article

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