Social structure of feral horses in the llanos of Venezuela

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-22

  Andreina Pacheco M ^a   Herrera, Emilio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Equus caballus; feral horses; llanos; social structure; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 8244241090     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382634     Document Type: Article

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