Mineral licks as diversity hotspots in lowland forest of eastern ecuador

Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-234

  Blake, John G ^a   Mosquera, Diego ^b   Guerra, Jaime ^b   Loiselle, Bette A ^a   Romo, David ^b   Swing, Kelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Diurnal variation; Ecuador; Geophagy; Mineral lick; Seasonal variation; Yasun

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST; FRUGIVORY; GEOPHAGY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MAMMAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ECUADOR;

AGOUTI PACA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CERVIDAE; COLUMBA; COLUMBA PLUMBEA; CRACIDAE; MAMMALIA; MAZAMA AMERICANA; PECARI TAJACU; PIPILE PIPILE; TAPIRIDAE; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS; TAYASSU PECARI; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 84857415626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d3020217     Document Type: Article

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