Erethizon dorsatum — Literature

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References

  • Arriaga, L., Espinoza, J. M., Aguilar, C., Gómez, L. & Loa, E. 2000. Regiones Terrestres Prioritarias de México. 1-609. CONABIO. México.
  • Arriaga, L., Espinoza, J. M., Aguilar, C., Gómez, L. & Loa, E. 2000. Regiones Terrestres Prioritarias de México. ND. CONABIO. México.
  • CITES. 2002. Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres. E.U.A. Consultado: 2002
  • Felicetti, L., L. Shipley, G. Witmer, C. Robbins. 2000. Digestibility, nitrogen excretion, and mean retention time by North American porcupines (Erithizon dorsatum) consuming natural forages. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 73/6: 772-780.
  • Fournier, F., D. Thomas. 1997. Nitrogen and energy requirements of the North American porcupine. Physoilogical Zoology, 70/6: 615-620.
  • Griesemer, S., R. DeGraaf. 1996. Denning pattern of porcupines, Erithizon dorsatum . Canadian Field Naturalist, 110/4: 634-637.
  • Griesemer, S., T. Fuller, R. Degraaf. 1998. Habitat use by porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in central Massachusetts: effects of topography and forest composition. The American Midland Naturalist, 140/2: 271-279.
  • Hall, R. H. 1981. The Mammals of North America. 2:600-1175. John Wiley and Sons. E.U.A.
  • Hilton, T. C. 2000. 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. 1-79. IUCN. Glanz, Suiza.
  • Ilse, L., E. Hellgren. 2001. Demographic and behavioral characteristics of North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in pinyon-juniper woodlands of Texas. The American Midland Naturalist, 146/2: 329-338.
  • Karam G.N.; Gibson L.J. 1994. Biomimicking of animal quills and plant stems: natural cylindrical shells with foam cores. Materials Science and Engineering: C. 2(1-2): 113-132.
  • Keith, L., J. Cary. 1991. Mustelid, squirrel, and porcupine population trends during a snowshoe hare cycle. Journal of Mammalogy, 72/2: 373-378.
  • Leopold, A. S. 1965. Fauna Silvestre de México. ND. Instituto Mexicano de Recursos Naturales Renovables. México.
  • López, W. R. & López, J. J. 1998. Los mamíferos de México depositados en colecciones de Estados Unidos y Canadá. 1:1-323. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa. México.
  • McLean, R., A. Carey, L. Kirk, D. Francy. 1993. Ecology of porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) and Colorado tick fever virus in Rocky Mountain National Park, 1975-1977. Journal of Medical Entomology, 30/1: 236-238.
  • Morin, P., D. Berteaux. 2003. Immobilization of North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) using Ketamine and Xylazine. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 39/3: 675-682.
  • Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. 2:1-641. The John Hopkins University Press, E.U.A.
  • Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. 2:643-1615. The John Hopkins University Press, E.U.A.
  • Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
  • Ronald Nowak (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore.
  • Roze, U. 1989. The North American Porcupine. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Roze, U. 2002. A facilitated release mechanism for quills of the North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum). Journal of Mammalogy, 83/2: 381-385.
  • SEMARNAT. 6/ Marzo/2002. Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-ECOL-2001. Diario Oficial de la Federación. 1-81. México, D.F.
  • Silva, M., J. Downing. 1995. CRC handbook of mammalian body masses. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
  • Snyder, M., Y. Linhart. 1997. Porcupine feeding patterns: Selectivity by a generalist herbivore?. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 75: 2107-2111.
  • Sweitzer, R. 2003. Breeding movements and reproductive activities of porcupines in the Great Basin Desert. Western North American Naturalist, 63/1: 1-10.
  • Sweitzer, R., J. Berger. 1997. Sexual dimorphism and evidence for intrasexual selection form quill impalements, injuries and mate guarding in porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 75: 847-854.
  • Sweitzer, R., J. Berger. 1998. Evidence for female-biased dispersal in North American pocupines (Erithizon dorsatum). Jounal of Zoology, 244: 159-166.
  • Vaughn, T., J. Ryan, N. Czaplewski. 2000. Mammalogy, Fourth Edition. USA: Brooks/Cole.
  • Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, M. A. 1993. Mammals species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference . In: Wilson, D. E. y D. M. Reeder. ND. Smithsonian Institution Press. E.U.A.
  • Woods, C. 1999. North American Porcupine| Erethizon dorsatum . Pp. 671-673 in D Wilson, S Ruff, eds. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. Washington and London: The Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Woods, C. A. 1973. Erethizon dorsatum. Mammalian Species. (29):1-6

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