Niche partitioning and species coexistence in a Neotropical felid assemblage

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-412

  Di Bitetti, Mario S ^a   De Angelo, Carlos D ^a   Di Blanco, Yamil E ^a   Paviolo, Agustín ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGÍA SUBTROPICAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abundance; Camera traps; Character displacement; Competition; Wild cats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARNIVORE; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; COEXISTENCE; FELID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NICHE PARTITIONING; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WILD POPULATION;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC FOREST;

FELIDAE; FELIS SILVESTRIS; HERPAILURUS; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 77954847889     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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