Foraging strategies and feeding habits of capybaras

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 83-96

  Barreto, Guillermo R ^a   Quintana, Rúben D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

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EID: 84929537682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4000-0_4     Document Type: Chapter

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