Kinship and social behavior of lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in a central Amazon landscape.

We tested the hypothesis that tapirs tolerate individuals from adjacent and overlapping home ranges if they are related. We obtained genetic data from fecal samples collected in the Balbina reservoir landscape, central Amazon. Samples were genotyped at 14 microsatellite loci, of which five produced...

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Main Authors: Gabriela M Pinho, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Tomas Hrbek, Eduardo M Venticinque, Izeni P Farias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3966805?pdf=render