Ecology of small mammals in tropical forest habitats of southern India

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 561-571

  Chandrasekar Rao, Anjali ^a   Sunquist, Melvin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

India; plantations; small mammals; species diversity; species richness; tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CREMNOMYS BLANFORDI; FUNAMBULUS TRISTRIATUS; GOLUNDA ELLIOTI; MAMMALIA; MUS PLATYTHRIX; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; TECTONA GRANDIS; RATTUS RATTUS WROUGHTONI;

DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIA, TAMIL NADU, ANAIMALAIS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY;

EID: 0029660151     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009779     Document Type: Article

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