Resource selection and its implications for wide-ranging mammals of the Brazilian Cerrado

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Vynne, Carly ^a,b   Keim, Jonah L ^c   Machado, Ricardo B ^d   Marinho Filho, Jader ^d   Silveira, Leandro ^e   Groom, Martha J ^a,f   Wasser, Samuel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b National Fish and Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^c Matrix Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e Jaguar Conservation Fund   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEATER; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PANTHERA ONCA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUMA; SAVANNA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES HABITAT; WOLF; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DOG; ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 83755196462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028939     Document Type: Article

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