Group dynamics, behavior, and current and historical abundance of peccaries in Costa Rica's Caribbean lowlands

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 771-791

  Romero, Andrea ^a   O'Neill, Brian J ^a   Timm, Robert M ^a   Gerow, Kenneth G ^b   McClearn, Deedra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Organization for Tropical Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; detection rates; Pecari tajacu; strip census techniques; Tayassu pecari

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MAMMAL; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COSTA RICA;

EID: 84882377861     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-266.1     Document Type: Article

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