The ecological role of native and introduced species in the diet of the puma Puma concolor in southern Patagonia

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Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-111

  Zanón Martínez, Juan Ignacio ^a,b   Travaini, Alejandro ^a   Zapata, Sonia ^a   Procopio, Diego ^a   Santillán, Miguel Ángel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; diet; ecological extinction; Patagonia; predation; Puma concolor

Indexed keywords

DIET; EXTINCTION; FELID; HERBIVORE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PROTECTED AREA; RANCHING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHEEP; SMALL MAMMAL; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; PATAGONIA; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA];

DOLICHOTIS PATAGONUM; LAMA GUANICOE; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; OVIS ARIES; PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA; PUMA CONCOLOR; RHEA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS; ZAEDYUS PICHIY;

EID: 84857714915     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310001821     Document Type: Article

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