Capybara demographic traits

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

Volumn 9781461440000, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-167

  Moreira, José Roberto ^a   Wiederhecker, Helga ^b   Ferraz, Katia Maria P M B ^c   Aldana Domínguez, Juanita ^d   Verdade, Luciano M ^c   Macdonald, David W ^e  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b SHIS QI 23 CH 3   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Independent Consultant on Biodiversity and Landscape   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4000-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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