Depredation by jaguars on caimans and importance of reptiles in the diet of jaguar

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 418-424

  Da Silveira, Ronis ^a   Ramalho, Emiliano E ^b   Thorbjarnarson, John B ^c   Magnusson, William E ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL MAMIRAUÁ   (Brazil)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; MELANOSUCHUS NIGER; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77956494453     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/08-340.1     Document Type: Article

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