The sustainable management of capybaras

Capybara: Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 283-302

  Moreira, José Roberto ^a   Verdade, Luciano M ^b   Ferraz, Katia Maria P M B ^b   Macdonald, David W ^c  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4000-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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