Space use by giant otter groups in the Brazilian Pantanal

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 320-330

  Leuchtenberger, Caroline ^a,c   Oliveira Santos, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues ^b   Magnusson, William ^c   Mourão, Guilherme ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

habitat selection; home range; landscape selection; Pteronura brasiliensis; site fidelity

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; HOME RANGE; MUSTELID; RADIOTELEMETRY; SITE FIDELITY; SPACE USE;

BRAZIL; PANTANAL;

PTERONURA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 84876395622     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-210.1     Document Type: Article

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