The island syndrome in isolated populations of a tropical forest rodent

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 694-700

  Adler, Gregory H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Islands; Life histories; Panama; Proechimys semispinosus; Tropical forest rodents

Indexed keywords

ISLAND SYNDROME; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SPINY RAT;

PANAMA;

PROECHIMYS SEMISPINOSUS;

EID: 0030301683     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329044     Document Type: Article

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