Distribution, habitat and adaptability of the genus tapirus

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 346-355

  García, Manolo J ^a   Medici, Emília Patrícia ^b   Naranjo, Eduardo J ^c   Novarino, Wilson ^d   Leonardo, Raquel S ^e  

^a San Carlos University   (Guatemala)

^b Institute for Ecological Research   (Brazil)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^d ANDALAS UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e Fund Defensores de la Naturaleza   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Climate change; Distribution; Habitat; Tapirus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PERISSODACTYLA;

EID: 84878514412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00317.x     Document Type: Review

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