To each his own taste: Latrines of the giant otter as a food resource for vertebrates in Southern Pantanal, Brazil

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-85

  Leuchtenberger, Caroline ^a,b   Ribas, Carolina ^a,b   Magnusson, William ^a   Mourão, Guilherme ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; coprophagy; diet; feces removal; giant otter; scent mark

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; PTERONURA BRASILIENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864629633     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2012.697690     Document Type: Article

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