Threats to and viability of the giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae), in a protected cerrado remnant encroached by urban expansion in central Brazil

Zoologia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-156

  Diniz, Milena F ^a   Brito, Daniel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Extinction; Inbreeding; PVA; Roadkill; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877856887     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702013000200005     Document Type: Article

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