Range-wide declines of a key Neotropical ecosystem architect, the Near Threatened white-lipped peccary Tayassu pecari

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Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-98

  Altrichter, Mariana ^a,h   Taber, Andrew ^b   Beck, Harald ^c   Reyna Hurtado, Rafael ^d   Lizarraga, Leonidas ^e   Keuroghlian, Alexine ^f   Sanderson, Eric W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Parques Nacionales de Argentina   (Argentina)

^f Wildlife Conservation Society Brazil   (Brazil)

^g WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^h PRESCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; ecological extinction; population status; range wide priority setting; South America; Tayassu pecari; white lipped peccary

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CAATINGA; CERRADO; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DATA SET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; HUNTING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PRIORITIZATION; RED LIST; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

COSTA RICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

TAYASSU PECARI;

EID: 84857755082     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605311000421     Document Type: Article

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