Sample-size effects on diet analysis from scats of jaguars and pumas

Mammalia

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-321

  Foster, Rebecca J ^a,b   Harmsen, Bart J ^a,b   Doncaster, C Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PANTHERA   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; jaguar; puma; sample size; scat

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FECES; FELID; FOOD PREFERENCE; RAINFOREST; REPTILE; SAMPLING; SIZE EFFECT; TAXONOMY;

EID: 77956754848     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2010.006     Document Type: Article

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