Mousedeer densities in a tropical rainforest: The impact of selective logging

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 484-496

  Heydon, M J ^a,c   Bulloh, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b c/o Pejabet Pengingpin Kemajuan ^*  (Malaysia)

^c GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ficus; fruit resources; line transect sampling; Tragulus species; ungulates

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; MOUSEDEER; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

BORNEO;

FICUS; TRAGULUS JAVANICUS KLOSSI; TRAGULUS NAPU BORNEANUS;

EID: 0030620344     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404892     Document Type: Article

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