The ecology of the lowland tapir in Madre de Dios, Peru: Using new technologies to study large rainforest mammals

The objectives of my research were twofold: 1) to evaluate new technologies (camera traps and a new type of GPS collar) for studying large mammals in tropical forests, and 2) to study the ecology of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Peruvian Amazon. Camera traps proved to be an efficient...

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Main Author: Tobler, Mathias Werner
Other Authors: Honeycutt, Rodney L.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2850
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2850