Diet and vertical space use of three sympatric opossums in a Brazilian Atlantic forest reserve

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 435-440

  Leite, Y L R ^a,b   Costa, L P ^a,b   Stallings, J R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Caluromys philander; Didelphis aurita; Diet; Micoureus demerarae; Resource partitioning; Space use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000245802     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009640     Document Type: Article

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